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泌

mì

HSK 6 Character

What 泌 means

1. bound formto secrete

Other readings

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

• bìused in {泌阳|Bì yáng} (the name of a place in Henan)

Words starting with 泌

• 泌尿mì niàoto urinate; urination; urinary
• 泌乳mì rǔlactation
• 泌尿器mì niào qìurinary tract; urinary organs
• 泌阳县Bì yáng XiànBiyang, a county in Zhumadian City 驻马店市
• 泌尿外科mì niào wài kēurology
• 泌尿系统mì niào xì tǒngurinary system
• 泌尿生殖道mì niào shēng zhí dào(anatomy) urinogenital tract
• 泌阳Bì yángsee 泌阳县

Words containing 泌

• 分泌fēn mìto secrete; secretion
• 内分泌nèi fēn mìendocrine (internal secretion, e.g. hormone)
• 分泌物fēn mì wùsecretion
• 外分泌wài fēn mìexocrine; external secretion (e.g. saliva)
• 内分泌腺nèi fēn mì xiànendocrine gland
• 分泌颗粒fēn mì kē lìsecretory granule
• 外分泌腺wài fēn mì xiànexocrine gland; gland producing external secretion (e.g. saliva)

Characters built on 必

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

• 秘mìsecret; secretary
• 密mìdense; close; thick; intimate; close; (bound form) secret; confidential
• 谧mì(literary) quiet; peaceful; tranquil
• 铋bìbismuth (chemistry)
• 毖bìcareful; to prevent
• 宓mìstill; silent

Characters that look like 泌

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

• 法fǎlaw; method; way
• 油yóuoil; fat; grease
• 址zhǐ(bound form) site; location
• 姐jiěolder sister
• 姥lǎograndma (maternal)
• 诟gòudisgrace; to revile

Sounds the same

Read mì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 密dense; close; thick; intimate; close; (bound form) secret; confidential
• 秘secret; secretary
• 蜜honey
• 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