谜

• Pinyin: mí
• Desglose de hanzi: 谜 = 讠(speech/word radical) + 迷 (to be lost, confused) — a spoken or written puzzle that causes the listener to lose their way until the answer is revealed

Significado

Misterio; enigma; acertijo.

Used both for literal riddles (word puzzles, 猜谜) and for broader mysteries (历史之谜 — historical mystery; 生命之谜 — mystery of life). The word evokes curiosity and the challenge of the unknown. In academic and journalistic contexts it often describes unsolved problems or unexplained phenomena.

Ejemplos

1. 宇宙的起源至今仍是困扰科学界的一大谜，各种理论均难以做到自洽完整。
2. 这位艺术家生前几乎不接受任何采访，她的真实内心世界对外界而言始终是一个谜。
3. 考古学家在遗址中发现了一批刻有未知符号的石板，这些符号的含义至今是个谜。

Guía de uso

Contexto: science, culture, literature, games, history

Tono: curious

Correcto

• 意识的本质是神经科学领域最深刻的谜之一，迄今为止没有任何理论能够完整解释主观体验的产生机制。(The nature of consciousness is one of the deepest enigmas in neuroscience; to date no theory can fully explain the mechanism by which subjective experience arises.)
• 那栋废弃的庄园在当地人眼中一直是个谜，关于它的过去流传着各种各样版本迥异的传说。(That abandoned manor has always been a mystery in the eyes of the locals, with all sorts of very different legends circulating about its past.)

Incorrecto

• 将'谜'单独用于形容已经解开或完全透明的事物 — 谜的核心是未知与神秘，事物已有明确答案则应用'问题''课题'等中性词 (Do not use 谜 to describe things already solved or fully transparent — the essence of 谜 is the unknown; for things with clear answers use neutral words like 问题 or 课题)

Origen e historia

谜 = 讠(speech/word radical) + 迷 (to be lost/confused). The character combines speech/writing with the sense of being lost — something said that leads the mind into confusion until the answer is found.

Contexto cultural

Generación: All ages

Contexto social: Universal