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密

mì

HSK 4 Character

What 密 means

1. dense; close; thick
2. intimate; close
3. bound formsecret; confidential
4. net slangto send a private message to (sb); to DM

Other readings

密 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Mìsurname Mi; name of an ancient state

Example sentences

• 请保密。
  Keep it secret, please.
• 这是机密。
  Zhè shì jīmì.
  It's confidential.
• 保守秘密。
  Keep the secret.
• 请保守秘密。
  Please keep it secret.
• 它是个秘密。
  It's a secret.
• 汤姆会保密。
  Tom can keep a secret.

Words starting with 密

• 密码mì mǎcipher; secret code; password; PIN
• 密切mì qièclose; intimate; to strengthen (ties, cooperation etc); closely; intently; carefully
• 密度mì dùdensity; concentration
• 密封mì fēngto seal up
• 密集mì jíconcentrated; crowded together; intensive
• 密密麻麻mì mi má mánumerous and close together; densely packed; thickly dotted
• 密布mì bùto cover densely
• 密林mì línjungle
• 密室mì shìa room for keeping sth hidden; secret room; hidden chamber
• 密谋mì móuconspiracy; secret plan; to conspire
• 密不可分mì bù kě fēninextricably linked (idiom); inseparable
• 密友mì yǒuclose friend
• 密斯Mì sīMiss (loanword)
• 密探mì tànsecret agent; detective; covert investigator
• 密密mì mìthick; dense; close
• 密不透风mì bù tòu fēngsealed off; impenetrable
• 密宗mì zōngtantra
• 密件mì jiànsecret documents; abbr. for 机密文件
• 密使mì shǐsecret envoy
• 密合mì héclose-fitting; tightly sealed
• 密告mì gàoto report secretly; to tip off
• 密商mì shāngto negotiate in secret; confidential discussions
• 密报mì bàosecret report
• 密实mì shíclose (texture); dense; densely woven

Words containing 密

• 秘密mì mìsecret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret
• 保密bǎo mìto keep sth confidential; to maintain secrecy
• 紧密jǐn mìinseparably close
• 严密yán mìtight; strict; closely controlled; rigorous and thorough
• 机密jī mìsecret; classified; classified information; secret
• 周密zhōu mìcareful; thorough; meticulous
• 精密jīng mìaccuracy; exact; precise
• 稠密chóu mìdense
• 亲密qīn mìintimate; close
• 加密jiā mìto encrypt; encryption; to protect with a password
• 茂密mào mìdense (of plant growth); lush
• 浓密nóng mìthick; murky
• 绝密jué mìtop secret
• 解密jiě mìto declassify; (computing) to decrypt; to decipher
• 告密gào mìto inform against sb
• 细密xì mìfine (texture); meticulous; careful; detailed
• 泄密xiè mìto leak secrets
• 缜密zhěn mìmeticulous; careful; deliberate
• 紧锣密鼓jǐn luó mì gǔ(lit.) urgent beating of gongs and drums (idiom); (fig.) to urgently prepare for an…
• 迈阿密Mài ā mìMiami (Florida)
• 施密特Shī mì tè(surname) Schmidt or Schmitt
• 亲密无间qīn mì wú jiàn(idiom) to have a very close relationship with each other
• 人口密度rén kǒu mì dùpopulation density
• 哈密瓜hā mì guāHami melon (a variety of muskmelon); honeydew melon; cantaloupe

Characters built on 山

These share the phonetic component 山 (shān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 岂qǐhow? (emphatic question)
• 崎qímountainous
• 岌jílofty peak; perilous
• 峙zhì(literary) to tower aloft
• 屹yìhigh and steep
• 岐Qísurname Qi; also used in place names
• 嵴jíridge; crest; apex
• 峄yìname of hills in Shandong

Characters that look like 密

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 害hàito do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm
• 愤fènindignant; anger; resentment
• 匿nìto hide
• 庸yōngordinary; to use
• 渍zìto soak; to be stained; stain
• 琚jūornamental gems for belt

Sounds the same

Read mì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 秘secret; secretary
• 蜜honey
• 泌(bound form) to secrete
• 觅(literary) to seek; to find
• 幂(math) power; exponent; to cover with a cloth; cloth cover; veil
• 宓still; silent
• 谧(literary) quiet; peaceful; tranquil
• 嘧(phonetic) as in pyrimidine
• 糸fine silk; Kangxi radical 120
• 汨name of a river, the southern tributary of Miluo river 汨罗江
• 冖"cover" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 14), occurring in 军
• 蓂used in 菥蓂