HSK 6 · Adjectives

稠密 chóumì “dense” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 稠密 means

  1. dense
  2. thick

How to say 稠密

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale稠chóu2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale密mì4th tone, falling

稠密 in a sentence

  1. 这个地区人口稠密。

    Zhè ge dìqū rénkǒu chóumì.

    This area is densely populated.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这里的树林很稠密。

    Zhèlǐ de shùlín hěn chóumì.

    The woods here are very dense.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 稠密 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 稠 (chóu) with each of its parts in a different colour
稠chóudense
  • 禾grain · héMeaning part
  • 周Zhou dynasty · zhōuSound part

禾 hints at the meaning (grain); 周 (zhōu) hints at the sound. Compare it with chóu.

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 稠密

稠 13 strokes · 密 11 strokes

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

Words related to 稠密

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机密jīmì · secret精密jīngmì · precise亲密qīnmì · intimate严密yánmì · tight周密zhōumì · thorough

More words: Adjectives

充沛chōngpèi · abundant充实chōngshí · rich充足chōngzú · sufficient丑恶chǒu'è · ugly初步chūbù · initial垂直chuízhí · vertical纯粹chúncuì · pure纯洁chúnjié · pure

FAQs

稠密 (chóumì) means “dense” or “thick”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it chóumì: chóu with a 2nd 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.
Yes. 稠密 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type choumi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 稠密 from the suggestions. Typing choumi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
稠密 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.