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秘

mì

HSK 5 Character

What 秘 means

1. secret
2. secretary

Other readings

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

• mìvariant of {秘|mì}
• bìsee {秘鲁|Bì lǔ}

Example sentences

• 保守秘密。
  Keep the secret.
• 谁是秘书？
  Who is the secretary?
• 请保守秘密。
  Please keep it secret.
• 秘书被炒了。
  The secretary was dismissed.
• 它是个秘密。
  It's a secret.
• 秘诀是什么？
  What's the secret?

Words starting with 秘

• 秘密mì mìsecret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret
• 秘书mì shūsecretary
• 秘书长mì shū zhǎngsecretary-general
• 秘诀mì juésecret know-how; key (to longevity); secret (of happiness)
• 秘鲁Bì lǔPeru
• 秘方mì fāngsecret recipe
• 秘本mì běna treasured rare book
• 秘结mì jiéconstipation
• 秘技mì jìcheat code
• 秘制mì zhìto prepare (food etc) using a secret recipe
• 秘传mì chuánto hand down secret knowledge from generation to generation within a school or family etc
• 秘密基地mì mì jī dìhideaway; private or insider-only place
• 秘密会社mì mì huì shèa secret society
• 秘密活动mì mì huó dòngclandestine activities; covert operation
• 秘而不宣mì ér bù xuānto withhold information; to keep sth secret
• 秘密警察mì mì jǐng chásecret police
• 秘银mì yínmithril (fictional metal)
• 秘闻mì wénmatters (concerning a prominent family etc) intended to be kept private
• 秘藏mì cángto stash away; a hoard; a cache
• 秘籍mì jírare book; cheat code (video games)
• 秘辛mì xīnbehind-the-scenes story; details known only to insiders
• 秘笈mì jísecret book or collection of books
• 秘鲁苦蘵Bì lǔ kǔ zhíPeruvian ground-cherry; cape gooseberry; Physalis peruviana
• 秘道mì dàovariant of 密道

Words containing 秘

• 神秘shén mìmysterious; mystery
• 奥秘ào mìsecret; mystery
• 隐秘yǐn mìsecret; hidden
• 便秘biàn mìconstipation; Taiwan pr. biàn bì
• 诡秘guǐ mìsecretive; furtive; surreptitious
• 文秘wén mìsecretary
• 探秘tàn mìto explore a mystery; to probe the unknown
• 神秘莫测shén mì mò cèmystery; unfathomable; enigmatic
• 大秘dà mì(colloquial) top aide; senior personal secretary (to a senior official)
• 小秘xiǎo mì(ironically) "secretary" (i.e. boss's mistress)
• 新秘xīn mì(Taiwan) bridal stylist (abbr. for 新娘秘书
• 联合国秘书处Lián hé guó Mì shū chùUnited Nations Secretariat
• 大便秘结dà biàn mì jiéconstipation
• 神秘主义shén mì zhǔ yìmysticism
• 财务秘书cái wù mì shūtreasurer
• 副秘书长fù mì shū zhǎngvice-secretary
• 隐秘难言yǐn mì nán yántoo embarrassing to mention
• 怪秘guài mìstrange; mystic
• 新娘秘书xīn niáng mì shū(Taiwan) bridal stylist
• 揭秘jiē mìto reveal a secret
• 神秘面纱shén mì miàn shāveil of mystery
• 玄秘xuán mìmystery; mysterious; occult
• 宝葫芦的秘密Bǎo hú lu de Mì mìSecret of the Magic Gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tianyi 张天翼
• 一秘yī mìfirst secretary

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.

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

Characters that look like 秘

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

• 积jīto amass; to accumulate; to store up; (math) product (the result of multiplication)…
• 辆liàngclassifier for vehicles
• 袖xiùsleeve; to tuck inside one's sleeve
• 酗xùdrunk
• 桐tóngtree name (variously Paulownia, Firmiana or Aleurites)
• 栩xǔused in 栩栩; jolcham oak (Quercus serrata)

Sounds the same

Read mì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 密dense; close; thick; intimate; close; (bound form) secret; confidential
• 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