神秘

See also: 神祕

Chinese

	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being	secret
trad. (神秘/神祕)	神	秘/祕
simp. (神秘)	神	秘
alternative forms	申必 Internet slang

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shénmì

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣˊ ㄇㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san⁴ bei³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n-pi

(Hailu, HRS): shin bi^ˇ

(Meixian, Guangdong): sen² bi⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sîn-pì

(Teochew, Peng'im): sing⁵ bi³
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁶zen-pi₅ / ⁶zen-mi₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shénmì
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣˊ ㄇㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shénmì
  - Wade–Giles: shên²-mi⁴
  - Yale: shén-mì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shernmih
  - Palladius: шэньми (šɛnʹmi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən³⁵ mi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: san⁴ bei³
  - Yale: sàhn bei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san⁴ bei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen⁴ béi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn²¹ pei̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n-pi
  - Hakka Romanization System: siin^ˇ bi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sin² bi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹ pi⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: shin bi^ˇ
  - Sinological IPA: /ʃin⁵⁵ pi¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: sen² bi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /sən¹¹ pi⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sîn-pì
  - Tâi-lô: sîn-pì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sinpix
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sin²⁴⁻²² pi²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sin²⁴⁻²² pi⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sin¹³⁻²² pi²¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sin²⁴⁻¹¹ pi¹¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin²³⁻³³ pi²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sing⁵ bi³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sîng pì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ pi²¹³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zen-pi₅
  - MiniDict: zen^去 pi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zen-pi₂
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²² pi⁴⁴/
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶zen-mi₆
  - MiniDict: zen^去 mi^去
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zen-mi₃
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²² mi⁴⁴/

Middle Chinese: zyin pijH

Rime
Character	神	秘
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	船 (27)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	眞 (43)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	食鄰切	兵媚切
Baxter	zyin	pijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʑiɪn/	/pˠiɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ʑin/	/pᵚi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ʑjen/	/piɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʑin/	/pji^H/
Li Rong	/d͡ʑiĕn/	/pji^H/
Wang Li	/d͡ʑĭĕn/	/pi^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/d͡ʑʰi̯ĕn/	/pi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shén	bì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	san⁴	bei³

Adjective

神秘

mysterious; mystical
神秘人物 ― shénmì rénwù ― mysterious figure

現在科學可以說明許多神秘的事。 [MSC, trad.]
现在科学可以说明许多神秘的事。 [MSC, simp.]
Xiànzài kēxué kěyǐ shuōmíng xǔduō shénmì de shì. [Pinyin]
Science can now account for many mysterious things.

Synonyms

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奇妙 (qímiào)
奇巧 (qíqiǎo)
妙 (miào) (literary, or in compounds)
巧妙 (qiǎomiào)
神奇 (shénqí)
神妙 (shénmiào)

Noun

神秘

profound mystery

Synonyms

奧秘／奥秘 (àomì)

Derived terms

神秘主義 / 神秘主义 (shénmì zhǔyì)
神秘化 (shénmìhuà)
神秘博士
神秘感 (shénmìgǎn)
神秘莫測 / 神秘莫测 (shénmìmòcè)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (神秘):

→ Japanese: 神(しん)秘(ぴ) (shinpi)
→ Korean: 신비(神祕) (sinbi)
→ Vietnamese: thần bí (神秘)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
神	秘
しん Grade: 3	ひ > ぴ Grade: 6
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
神祕 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɕĩmpʲi]
(Tokyo) しんぴ [shíꜜǹpì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]

Adjective

神(しん)秘(ぴ) • (shinpi) -na (adnominal 神(しん)秘(ぴ)な (shinpi na), adverbial 神(しん)秘(ぴ)に (shinpi ni))

mysterious
Synonym: 不思議 (fushigi)

Inflection

Inflection of 神秘
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	神秘だろ	しんぴだろ	shinpi daro
Continuative (連用形)	神秘で	しんぴで	shinpi de
Terminal (終止形)	神秘だ	しんぴだ	shinpi da
Attributive (連体形)	神秘な	しんぴな	shinpi na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	神秘なら	しんぴなら	shinpi nara
Imperative (命令形)	神秘であれ	しんぴであれ	shinpi de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	神秘ではない神秘じゃない	しんぴではないしんぴじゃない	shinpi de wa nai shinpi ja nai
Informal past	神秘だった	しんぴだった	shinpi datta
Informal negative past	神秘ではなかった神秘じゃなかった	しんぴではなかったしんぴじゃなかった	shinpi de wa nakatta shinpi ja nakatta
Formal	神秘です	しんぴです	shinpi desu
Formal negative	神秘ではありません神秘じゃありません	しんぴではありませんしんぴじゃありません	shinpi de wa arimasen shinpi ja arimasen
Formal past	神秘でした	しんぴでした	shinpi deshita
Formal negative past	神秘ではありませんでした神秘じゃありませんでした	しんぴではありませんでしたしんぴじゃありませんでした	shinpi de wa arimasen deshita shinpi ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	神秘で	しんぴで	shinpi de
Conditional	神秘なら（ば）	しんぴなら（ば）	shinpi nara (ba)
Provisional	神秘だったら	しんぴだったら	shinpi dattara
Volitional	神秘だろう	しんぴだろう	shinpi darō
Adverbial	神秘に	しんぴに	shinpi ni
Degree	神秘さ	しんぴさ	shinpisa

Classical conjugation of "神秘なり" (ナリ活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形)	神秘なら	しんひなら	sinfinara
Continuative (連用形)	神秘に^[1] 神秘なり^[2]	しんひにしんひなり	sinfini sinfinari
Terminal (終止形)	神秘なり	しんひなり	sinfinari
Attributive (連体形)	神秘なる	しんひなる	sinfinaru
Realis (已然形)	神秘なれ	しんひなれ	sinfinare
Imperative (命令形)	神秘なれ	しんひなれ	sinfinare
Key constructions
Negative	神秘ならず	しんひならず	sinfinarazu
Contrasting conjunction	神秘なれど	しんひなれど	sinfinaredo
Causal conjunction	神秘なれば	しんひなれば	sinfinareba
Conditional conjunction	神秘ならば	しんひならば	sinfinaraba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge)	神秘なりき	しんひなりき	sinfinariki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge)	神秘なりけり	しんひなりけり	sinfinarikeri
Adverbial	神秘に	しんひに	sinfini

^[1]Without auxiliary verb.
^[2]With auxiliary verb.

Noun

神(しん)秘(ぴ) • (shinpi)

mystery
Synonym: 不思議 (fushigi)

Derived terms

神(しん)秘(ぴ)的(てき) (shinpiteki)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

“神秘”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

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Hanja in this term
神	秘

Alternative forms

神祕 (standard in both sides of Korea)

Noun

神秘 • (sinbi) (hangeul 신비)

hanja form^? of 신비 (“mystery”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
神	秘

Adjective

神秘

chữ Hán form of thần bí (“mysterious; mystical”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-2] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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