Chinese

密切

/mi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/

close; intimate

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characterChinese密 “dense; thick; close; tight”
- soundChinese宓 “a surname”
  - meaningChinese宀 “a type of deep house with walls on all four sides, a roof, a main hall, and back rooms”
  - soundChinese必 “surely; most certainly; always; invariably”
- meaningChinese山 “mountain; hill (Classifier: 座 m c; 粒 mn)”
characterChinese切 “to cut; to slice; to carve; to mince with a knife”
- soundChinese七 “seven”
- meaningChinese刀 “knife; blade (Classifier: 把 m c g h j mb md w x; 張／张 c h; 叢／丛 mn; 支 mn mn-t)”