How do you say “mysterious” in Vietnamese?

“Mysterious” in Vietnamese is thần bí (mysterious), huyền bí (mysterious), bí ẩn (secret).

Vietnamese words for “mysterious”

• thần bíListenadjective
  Hanoi [tʰən˨˩ ʔɓi˧˦] · Saigon [tʰəŋ˨˩ ʔɓɪj˦˥]thần falling bí rising

  mysterious; mystical

  for “mysterious” meaning: Of unknown origin.

• huyền bíListenadjective
  Hanoi [hwiən˨˩ ʔɓi˧˦] · Saigon [wiəŋ˨˩ ʔɓɪj˦˥]huyền falling bí rising

  mysterious

• bí ẩnListenadjective
  Hanoi [ʔɓi˧˦ ʔən˧˩] · Saigon [ʔɓɪj˦˥ ʔəŋ˨˩˦]bí rising ẩn dipping

  secret; mysterious

  • Cá sấu là loài động vật bí ẩn.Crocodiles are mysterious animals.

Related Vietnamese words

• bí hiểmListenadjective

  unfathomable; mysterious

• huyền diệuListenadjective

  mysterious; abstruse; esoteric

• kì bíListenadjective

  fantastical; mysterious

Translations matched from English Wiktionary (translation tables and Vietnamese entries, via kaikki.org; CC BY-SA 4.0) and the NgonNgu English–Vietnamese dictionary, reviewed and edited; examples from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). The Listen button uses your browser's Vietnamese voice.