HSK 4 · Technology

密码 mìmǎ “cipher” in Chinese

Traditional 密碼

What 密码 means

  1. cipher
  2. secret code
  3. password
  4. PIN

How to say 密码

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale码mǎ3rd tone, dipping

密码 in a sentence

  1. 你知道密码吗？

    Nǐ zhīdao mìmǎ ma?

    Do you know the password?

    Sentence #9410042 from Tatoeba

  2. 你该选择个安全的密码。

    Nǐ gāi xuǎnzé ge ānquán de mìmǎ.

    You should choose a secure password.

    Sentence #8889568 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 检查一下用户名和密码有没有填错。

    Jiǎnchá yíxià yònghùmíng hé mìmǎ yǒu méiyǒu tiáncuò.

    Check whether you’ve entered your username and password correctly.

    Sentence #397168 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 密码 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 码 (mǎ) with each of its parts in a different colour
码mǎagate
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 马horse · mǎSound part

石 hints at the meaning (stone); 马 (mǎ) hints at the sound. Compare it with mǎ.

How to write 密码

密 11 strokes · 码 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 密码

Words with 密

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

Words with 码

号码hàomǎ · number数码shùmǎ · digital码头mǎtou · dock起码qǐmǎ · at least

More words: Technology & Media

短信duǎnxìn · text message广告guǎnggào · advertisement互联网hùliánwǎng · the internet技术jìshù · technology网站wǎngzhàn · website消息xiāoxi · news信息xìnxī · information占线zhànxiàn · busy (telephone line)

FAQs

密码 (mìmǎ) means “cipher” or “secret code”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it mìmǎ: mì with a 4th tone, then mǎ with a 3rd 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, 密码 is written 密碼. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mima with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 密码 from the suggestions. Typing mima into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
密码 is an HSK 4 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.