密切

Chinese

		secret; confidential; close secret; confidential; close; thick; dense	close to; to cut; to slice
simp. and trad. (密切)		密	切

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mìqiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ cit³

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bi̍t-chhiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mìqiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ ㄑㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mìciè
    • Wade–Giles: mi⁴-chʻieh⁴
    • Yale: mì-chyè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mihchieh
    • Palladius: мице (mice)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat⁶ cit³
    • Yale: maht chit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ tsit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ qid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² t͡sʰiːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bi̍t-chhiat
    • Tâi-lô: bi̍t-tshiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bidchiad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /bit̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bit̚²⁴⁻² t͡sʰiɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bit̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bit̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bit̚⁴⁻³² t͡sʰiɛt̚³²/

Adjective

密切

1. close; intimate

   密切關係／密切关系  ―  mìqiè guānxì  ―  close relationship

2. careful; intent

   密切關注／密切关注  ―  mìqiè guānzhù  ―  to keep close tabs on; to closely observe

Synonyms

• (close):

• 同衾 (tóngqīn) (literary, figuratively)
• 周密 (zhōumì) (literary, of dealings)
• 接近 (jiējìn)
• 火熱／火热 (huǒrè)
• 熱和／热和 (rèhuo) (colloquial)
• 熱火／热火 (rèhuǒ) (colloquial)
• 知心 (zhīxīn)
• 緊密／紧密 (jǐnmì)
• 親切／亲切 (qīnqiè)
• 親善／亲善 (qīnshàn) (of relations between countries)
• 親密／亲密 (qīnmì)
• 親熱／亲热 (qīnrè)
• 親近／亲近 (qīnjìn)
• 貼己／贴己 (tiējǐ)
• 貼身／贴身 (tiēshēn)
• 近 (jìn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 近乎 (jìnhu) (colloquial)
• 過心／过心 (guòxīn) (regional)
• 體己／体己

 

• (careful):

• 不苟 (bùgǒu) (formal)
• 仔細／仔细 (zǐxì)
• 嚴／严 (yán)
• 嚴肅／严肃 (yánsù)
• 嚴謹／严谨 (yánjǐn)
• 審慎／审慎 (shěnshèn) (formal)
• 小心 (xiǎoxīn)
• 慎密 (shènmì)
• 慎重 (shènzhòng)
• 慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
• 板正 (bǎnzhèng)
• 正經／正经
• 當心／当心 (dāngxīn)
• 精心 (jīngxīn)
• 精細／精细 (jīngxì)
• 細心／细心 (xìxīn)
• 細膩／细腻 (xìnì) (Min)
• 認真／认真 (rènzhēn)
• 謹嚴／谨严 (jǐnyán)
• 謹慎／谨慎 (jǐnshèn)
• 較真／较真 (jiàozhēn) (colloquial)
• 過細／过细 (guòxì)
• 鞠躬 (jūgōng) (literary)

 

Derived terms

• 密切追隨／密切追随
• 密密切切

 

Verb

密切

1. to make closer, more intimate or familiar; to foster closer ties