HSK 5 · Verbs

秘密 mìmì “secret” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 秘密 means

  1. secret
  2. confidential
  3. private
  4. clandestine

How to say 秘密

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

秘密 in a sentence

  1. 我知道你所有的秘密。

    Wǒ zhīdao nǐ suǒyǒu de mìmì.

    I know all your secrets.

    Sentence #8696434 from Tatoeba

  2. 他透露了我的秘密。

    Tā tòulù le wǒ de mìmì.

    He gave away my secret.

    Sentence #334804 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 在左边有一条秘密通道。

    Zài zuǒbian yǒu yì tiáo mìmì tōngdào.

    There’s a secret passage on the left.

    Sentence #503184 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 秘密 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 秘 (mì) with each of its parts in a different colour
秘mìsecret
  • 禾grain · héMeaning part
  • 必surely · bìSound part

禾 hints at the meaning (grain); 必 (bì) hints at the sound. Compare it with mì.

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 秘密

秘 10 strokes · 密 11 strokes

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

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

Words related to 秘密

Words with 秘

神秘shénmì · mysterious秘书mìshū · secretary奥秘àomì · mystery

Words with 密

密码mìmǎ · cipher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

More words: Thinking & Talking

看不起kànbuqǐ · to look down upon夸kuā · to praise骂mà · to scold满足mǎnzú · to satisfy描写miáoxiě · to describe明确míngquè · clear盼望pànwàng · to hope for评价píngjià · to evaluate

FAQs

秘密 (mìmì) means “secret” or “confidential”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it mìmì: mì with a 4th 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. 秘密 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type mimi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 秘密 from the suggestions. Typing mimi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
秘密 is an HSK 5 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.