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保密

bǎo mì

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

保密 (bǎo mì) means "to keep sth confidential; to maintain secrecy". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 保密 means

1. to keep sth confidential
2. to maintain secrecy

The characters in 保密

• 保bǎoto defend; to protect; to keep; to guarantee; to ensure…
• 密mìdense; close; thick; intimate; close; (bound form) secret; confidential

Example sentences

• 请保密。
  Keep it secret, please.
• 汤姆会保密。
  Tom can keep a secret.
• 你应该保密的。
  You should have kept it secret.
• 我建议他保密。
  I advised him to keep the secret.
• 我希望你对此保密。
  Wǒ xīwàng nǐ duì cǐ bǎomì.
  I'd like you to keep this a secret.
• 我不是有意要保密的。
  Wǒ bù shì yǒuyì yào bǎomì de.
  I didn't mean to keep it secret.

Words starting with 保密

• 保密性bǎo mì xìngsecrecy
• 保密协议bǎo mì xié yìnon-disclosure agreement; confidentiality agreement

Where 保密 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · bàng–bó (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bǎo mì correctly.
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