# 玄机 (xuánjī)

In Mandarin Chinese, 玄机 (xuánjī) means “hidden mystery; secret”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: hidden mystery; secret
- Pinyin: xuánjī (xuan2 ji1)
- Traditional: 玄機
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这幅看似普通的画里暗藏玄机。
  Zhè fú kànsì pǔtōng de huà lǐ àncáng xuánjī.
  There is a hidden secret in this seemingly ordinary painting.

## Characters

- [玄](https://hanziro.com/word/xuan-mysterious/) (xuán): mysterious; unreliable
- 机 (jī): machine; mechanism; aircraft

https://hanziro.com/word/xuan-ji-hidden-mystery/

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