HSK 6 · Verbs

密封 mìfēng “to seal up” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 密封 means

  1. to seal up
  2. sealed

How to say 密封

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale密mì4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale封fēng1st tone, high and level

密封 in a sentence

  1. 这些容器是密封的。

    Zhèxiē róngqì shì mìfēng de.

    These containers are airtight.

    Sentence #832954 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 密封 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 密 (mì) with each of its parts in a different colour
密mìdense; close; thick
  • 宓quiet · mì
  • 山mountain · shān
The character 封 (fēng) with each of its parts in a different colour
封fēngto confer
  • 圭jade tablet · guī
  • 寸inch · cùn

How to write 密封

密 11 strokes · 封 9 strokes

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

Words related to 密封

Words with 密

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

Words with 封

封fēng · (m.w. for letters信封xìnfēng · envelope封闭fēngbì · to seal off封建fēngjiàn · feudal封锁fēngsuǒ · to blockade

More words: Common Verbs

冒充màochōng · to pass oneself off as眯mī · to narrow one’s eyes瞄准miáozhǔn · to aim at弥补míbǔ · to make up for弥漫mímàn · to fill the air命名mìngmíng · to name磨合móhé · to break in抹杀mǒshā · to write off

FAQs

密封 (mìfēng) means “to seal up” or “sealed”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it mìfēng: mì with a 4th tone, then fēng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 密封 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mifeng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 密封 from the suggestions. Typing mifeng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
密封 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.