Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Mystical: Relating to or characteristic of a spiritual mystery or a direct, personal experience of the divine, beyond ordinary human understanding.
   • Mysterious: Having an aura of secrecy, obscurity, or the unknown that inspires wonder or awe.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Bầu không khí trong ngôi đền cổ thật thần bí. (The atmosphere in the ancient temple is truly mystical.)
  • Anh ấy có một nụ cười thần bí. (He has a mysterious smile.)
  • Những hiện tượng thần bí đó vẫn chưa được khoa học giải thích. (Those mysterious phenomena have not yet been explained by science.)

Advanced Usage

• "chủ nghĩa thần bí": mysticism (noun).

  • Bà ấy nghiên cứu về chủ nghĩa thần bí thời Trung Cổ. (She studies Medieval mysticism.)

• "tính thần bí": the quality of being mystical or mysterious (noun).

  • Tính thần bí của truyền thuyết đã thu hút nhiều độc giả. (The mystery of the legend has attracted many readers.)

Variants and Related Words

• Huyền bí (adj): Also means mysterious, esoteric, or arcane, often used interchangeably with "thần bí" but can imply a deeper, more profound secrecy.
  • Khu rừng mang một vẻ đẹp huyền bí. (The forest possesses a mysterious beauty.)

Synonyms

• Mystical: Relating to mysticism or spiritual mystery.
• Mysterious: Difficult or impossible to understand, explain, or identify.
• Esoteric: Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with specialized knowledge.

Related Idioms

• While "thần bí" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it describes the core theme of many Vietnamese idioms about secrecy and the unknown, such as:
  • Bí ẩn như cổng trời: As mysterious as the gates of heaven (meaning deeply enigmatic).

adj

1. mystical