HSK 6 · Adjectives

严密 yánmì “tight” in Chinese

Traditional 嚴密

What 严密 means

  1. tight
  2. strict
  3. thorough
  4. closely controlled
  5. rigorous and thorough

How to say 严密

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale严yán2nd 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

严密 in a sentence

  1. 这个计划安排得很严密。

    Zhè ge jìhuà ānpái de hěn yánmì.

    This plan has been worked out very thoroughly.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 门窗关得很严密。

    Mén chuāng guān de hěn yánmì.

    The doors and windows are tightly shut.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 严密 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 严 (yán) with each of its parts in a different colour
严yántight
  • 亚Asia · yà
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
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 严密

严 7 strokes · 密 11 strokes

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

Words related to 严密

Words with 严

严格yángé · strict严重yánzhòng · grave严肃yánsù · solemn严峻yánjùn · severe严厉yánlì · strict庄严zhuāngyán · solemn严禁yánjìn · to strictly prohibit严寒yánhán · bitter cold尊严zūnyán · dignity

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亲密qīnmì · intimate周密zhōumì · thorough

More words: Adjectives

虚假xūjiǎ · false虚伪xūwěi · hypocritical严峻yánjùn · severe严厉yánlì · strict耀眼yàoyǎn · dazzling遥远yáoyuǎn · distant鸦雀无声yāquèwúshēng · silence reigns野蛮yěmán · barbaric

FAQs

严密 (yánmì) means “tight” or “strict”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it yánmì: yán 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.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 严密 is written 嚴密. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type yanmi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 严密 from the suggestions. Typing yanmi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
严密 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.