"Mysterious" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 神秘 | shén mì | mysterious / mystery |   |
| 灵异 | líng yì | deity / monster / strange / mysterious / supernatural | |
| 奥妙 | ào miào | marvelous / mysterious / profound / marvel / wonder | |
| 玄妙 | xuán miào | mysterious / profound / abstruse | |
| 神 |  shén | deity / soul / spirit / unusual / mysterious / lively / expressive / expression / look / CL:個|个[ge4] / (slang) awesome / amazing | |
| 幽微 | yōu wēi | faint / subtle (of sound, scent etc) / profound / mysterious / dim | |
| 奥 | ào | obscure / mysterious | |
| 玄 | xuán | black / mysterious | |
| 邃 | suì | deep / distant / mysterious | |
| 赜 | zé | mysterious | |
| 缊 | yùn | hemp / vague / mysterious | |
| 玄秘 | xuán mì | mystery / mysterious / occult / abstruse doctrine (e.g. religious) | |
| 神奥 | shén ào | mysterious / an enigma | |
| 藐藐 | miǎo miǎo | contemptuous (of manner) / high and distant / mysterious / grand / magnificent | |
| 玄机 | xuán jī | profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism) / mysterious principles | |
| 縕 | yùn | hemp / vague / mysterious | |
| 只可意会，不可言传 | zhǐ kě yì huì , bù kě yán chuán | can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / mysterious and subtle | |
| 可以意会，不可言传 | kě yǐ yì huì , bù kě yán chuán | can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuang1 zi3]) / mysterious and subtle | |
| 莫名奇妙 | mò míng qí miào | odd / baffling / unaccountable / mysterious / boring (e.g. movie) | |
| 志怪 | zhì guài | to write about mysterious or supernatural things | |
