密密

Chinese

		secret; confidential; close secret; confidential; close; thick; dense	secret; confidential; close secret; confidential; close; thick; dense
simp. and trad. (密密)		密	密

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mìmì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ ㄇㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ mat⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): me̍t-me̍t
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ba̍t-ba̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mìmì
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ ㄇㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mìmì
    • Wade–Giles: mi⁴-mi⁴
    • Yale: mì-mì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mihmih
    • Palladius: мими (mimi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat⁶ mat⁶
    • Yale: maht maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² mɐt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: me̍t-me̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: med med
    • Hagfa Pinyim: med⁶ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /met̚⁵ met̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍t-ba̍t
    • Tâi-lô: ba̍t-ba̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: badbat
    • IPA (Singapore): /bat̚⁴³⁻²¹ bat̚⁴³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bat̚²⁴⁻² bat̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bat̚⁴⁻³² bat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bat̚¹²¹/

Adjective

密密

1. thick; dense

   密密的樹林／密密的树林  ―  mìmì de shùlín  ―  dense forest

   公園花開甲密密。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   公园花开甲密密。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   Kong-hn̂g hoe khui kah -ba̍t-ba̍t. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   The flowers in the park densely bloomed.

2. close; tight

   密密的針腳／密密的针脚  ―  mìmì de zhēnjiǎo  ―  tight stitches

   用布包甲密密 [Hokkien, trad. and simp.]

   ēng pò͘ pau kah -ba̍t-ba̍t [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   to use cloth to wrap tightly

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 峇峇 (bā-bā)

Derived terms

• 雞卵密密也有縫／鸡卵密密也有缝

 

Adverb

密密

1. (literary) in secret; surreptitiously
2. (Cantonese) frequently; regularly

   你同佢密密斟，係咪有路唧？ [Cantonese, trad.]
   你同佢密密斟，系咪有路唧？ [Cantonese, simp.]

   nei⁵ tung⁴ keoi⁵ mat⁶ mat⁶ zam¹, hai⁶ mai⁶ jau⁵ lou⁶ zek¹? [Jyutping]

   You chat with him regularly, do you have an affair with him?

3. (Hakka) repeatedly; time and time again

Synonyms

• (repeatedly):

• 一再 (yīzài)
• 來回／来回 (láihuí)
• 再三 (zàisān)
• 反覆／反复 (fǎnfù)
• 多次 (duōcì)
• 屢屢／屡屡 (lǚlǚ)
• 屢次／屡次 (lǚcì)
• 往復／往复 (wǎngfù)
• 比比 (bǐbǐ)
• 重重 (chóngchóng)
• 頻頻／频频 (pínpín)