HSK 6 · Adjectives

机密 jīmì “secret” in Chinese

Traditional 機密

What 机密 means

  1. secret
  2. classified
  3. confidential
  4. classified information

How to say 机密

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale机jī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale密mì4th tone, falling

机密 in a sentence

  1. 这是机密。

    Zhè shì jīmì.

    This is confidential.

    Sentence #5670858 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 机密文件被藏起来了。

    Jīmì wénjiàn bèi cáng qǐlai le.

    The confidential documents have been hidden.

    Sentence #5581777 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他身负机密使命。

    Tā shēnfù jīmì shǐmìng.

    He was entrusted with a secret mission.

    Sentence #2442225 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 机密 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 机 (jī) with each of its parts in a different colour
机jīmachine; mechanism
  • 木tree · mù
  • 几table · jī

Memory aidA small table 几 made of wood 木: a machine. 几 (jī) also gives the sound.

The character 密 (mì) with each of its parts in a different colour
密mìdense; close; thick
  • 宓quiet · mì
  • 山mountain · shān

How to write 机密

机 6 strokes · 密 11 strokes

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机密 (jīmì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 机密 (jīmì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 机密

Words with 机

飞机fēijī · aeroplane机场jīchǎng · airport手机shǒujī · mobile phone机票jīpiào · air ticket司机sījī · driver机会jīhuì · opportunity相机xiàngjī · camera耳机ěrjī · headphones关机guānjī · to turn off (a device)开机kāijī · to switch on (a device)

Words with 密

密码mìmǎ · cipher秘密mìmì · secret密切mìqiè · close保密bǎomì · to keep something secret密封mìfēng · to seal up稠密chóumì · dense精密jīngmì · precise亲密qīnmì · intimate严密yánmì · tight周密zhōumì · thorough

More words: Adjectives

杰出jiéchū · outstanding寂静jìjìng · quiet急剧jíjù · sharp机灵jīling · clever兢兢业业jīngjīngyèyè · conscientious精密jīngmì · precise精确jīngquè · accurate精心jīngxīn · meticulous

FAQs

机密 (jīmì) means “secret” or “classified”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jīmì: jī with a 1st tone, then mì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 机密 is written 機密. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jimi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 机密 from the suggestions. Typing jimi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
机密 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.