Chinese
秘密
mìmì
secret (knowledge that is hidden)
- HSK 4
- TOCFL 5
- 祕密
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- characterChinese秘 “secret; undisclosed; confidential”
- meaningChinese禾 “grain; cereal”
- soundChinese必 “surely; most certainly; always; invariably”
- 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”
- meaningChinese山 “mountain; hill (Classifier: 座 m c; 粒 mn)”
- soundChinese宓 “a surname”
Sources
- HSK / TOCFL word lists — Facts (levels)
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- Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0