玄學

Chinese

		black; mysterious	learn; study; science learn; study; science; ‑ology
trad. (玄學)		玄	學
simp. (玄学)		玄	学

Etymology

“Xuanxue”: From the Six Dynasties (222-589).
“metaphysics”: Translation of metaphysics coined by Yan Fu.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xuánxué

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyun⁴ hok⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiân-ha̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xuánxué
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: syuánsyué
  - Wade–Giles: hsüan²-hsüeh²
  - Yale: sywán-sywé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyuanshyue
  - Palladius: сюаньсюэ (sjuanʹsjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕy̯ɛn³⁵ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyun⁴ hok⁶
  - Yale: yùhn hohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyn⁴ hok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yun⁴ hog⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːn²¹ hɔːk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiân-ha̍k
  - Tâi-lô: hiân-ha̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hienhak
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɛn¹³⁻²² hak̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² hak̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɛn²⁴⁻²² hak̚²⁴/

Proper noun

玄學

Xuanxue; Dark Learning

Noun

玄學

metaphysics
- 形而上學，亦稱玄學。 [MSC, trad.]
  形而上学，亦称玄学。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《矛盾論》 (On Contradiction), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
  Xíng'érshàngxué, yì chēng xuánxué. [Pinyin]
  In China another name for metaphysics is xuánxué.
(by extension, neologism, Internet slang, humorous) misbelief that doing certain things will increase one's luck (especially one's luck in games with gacha mechanics); superstition

Synonyms

(metaphysics): 形而上學／形而上学 (xíng'érshàngxué)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (玄學):

→ Japanese: 玄学(げんがく) (gengaku)
→ Korean: 현학(玄學) (hyeonhak)
→ Vietnamese: huyền học (玄學)

Korean

Hanja in this term
玄	學

Noun

玄學 • (hyeonhak) (hangeul 현학)

hanja form^? of 현학 (“deep complex theories”)