HSK 6 · Adjectives

亲密 qīnmì “intimate” in Chinese

Traditional 親密

What 亲密 means

  1. intimate
  2. close

How to say 亲密

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale亲qīn1st 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

亲密 in a sentence

  1. 他们是非常亲密的朋友。

    Tāmen shì fēicháng qīnmì de péngyou.

    They’re very close friends.

    Sentence #6065394 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 他们看起来很亲密。

    Tāmen kànqǐlai hěn qīnmì.

    They look very close.

    Sentence #353633 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 亲密 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 亲 (qīn) with each of its parts in a different colour
亲qīnparent
  • 立stand · lì
  • 一one · yī
  • 小small · xiǎo
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 亲密

亲 9 strokes · 密 11 strokes

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

Words related to 亲密

Words with 亲

父亲fùqīn · father母亲mǔqīn · mother亲戚qīnqi · a relative (i.e. family relation)亲爱qīn'ài · dear亲切qīnqiè · amiable亲自qīnzì · personally亲热qīnrè · affectionate

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

More words: Adjectives

清晰qīngxī · clear清醒qīngxǐng · sober勤俭qínjiǎn · hardworking and thrifty勤劳qínláo · hardworking亲热qīnrè · affectionate齐全qíquán · complete确切quèqiè · exact曲折qūzhé · winding

FAQs

亲密 (qīnmì) means “intimate” or “close”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it qīnmì: qīn 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, 亲密 is written 親密. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type qinmi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 亲密 from the suggestions. Typing qinmi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
亲密 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.