秘密
HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 5
秘密 (mìmì) · secret
秘密 (mìmì) means “secret; confidential”. It is written with 2 characters: 秘 (secret) + 密 (dense). It is an HSK 4 word in the 2021 standard.
How 秘密 is built
The characters
秘 mì · secret
What 秘 is made of
- 禾hé — cereal
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 木mù — tree
- 十 — ten
- 八bā — eight
- 必bì — surely
- 心xīn — heart
- 丿 — falling stroke
Origin hint: 禾 gives the meaning, 必 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
密 mì · dense
What 密 is made of
- 宓mì — quiet
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 必bì — surely
- 心xīn — heart
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 宀 — roof
- 山shān — mountain
- 凵qiǎn — container
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: A silent 宓 mountain 山; 宓 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这是我们俩的秘密。Zhè shì wǒmen liǎ de mìmì.This is a secret between the two of us.
你能保守秘密吗？Nǐ néng bǎoshǒu mìmì ma?Can you keep a secret?
Questions about 秘密
What does 秘密 mean?
秘密 (mìmì) means “secret; confidential”.
How do you pronounce 秘密?
秘密 is pronounced mìmì.
Which HSK level is 秘密?
秘密 is in HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 5.
Related words
- 秘书mìshūsecretary
- 神秘shénmìmysterious
- 奥秘àomìmystery
- 保密bǎomìto keep secret
- 紧密jǐnmìclose
- 密码mìmǎpassword
- 密切mìqièclose
- 亲密qīnmìclose
- 稠密chóumìdense
- 机密jīmìsecret
Learn 秘密 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 12: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.