密實

Chinese

		secret; confidential; close secret; confidential; close; thick; dense	real; true; honest real; true; honest; really; solid
trad. (密實)		密	實
simp. (密实)		密	实

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mìshí

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ ㄕˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ sat⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ba̍t-cha̍t / ba̍t-si̍t

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mìshí → mìshi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ ㄕˊ → ㄇㄧˋ ˙ㄕ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mìshi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: mi⁴-shih⁵
    • Yale: mì-shr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih.shyr
    • Palladius: миши (miši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹ ʂʐ̩³⁵/ → /mi⁵¹ ʂʐ̩¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mat⁶ sat⁶
    • Yale: maht saht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ sat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ sed⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² sɐt̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍t-cha̍t
    • Tâi-lô: ba̍t-tsa̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: badzat
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bat̚⁴⁻³² t͡sat̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sat̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /bat̚²⁴⁻² t͡sat̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍t-si̍t
    • Tâi-lô: ba̍t-si̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: badsit
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ sit̚¹²¹/

Note:

• ba̍t-cha̍t - “densely woven”;
• ba̍t-si̍t - “densely woven; of great quantity”.

Adjective

密實

1. densely woven; closely knit; compactly woven

   這件夾克針腳做得真密實。 [MSC, trad.]
   这件夹克针脚做得真密实。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè jiàn jiākè zhēnjiǎo zuò de zhēn mìshí. [Pinyin]

   The stitches on this jacket are densely woven.

2. (Cantonese) sealed; tightly closed

   密實袋／密实袋 [Cantonese]  ―  mat⁶ sat⁶ doi^6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  Ziploc bag

3. (Cantonese) not fond of speaking; careful in speech; silent as a grave

   佢咁密實，你放心都得嘞。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   佢咁密实，你放心都得嘞。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   keoi⁵ gam³ mat⁶ sat⁶, nei⁵ fong³ sam¹ dou¹ dak¹ laak³. [Jyutping]

   He's so silent and not fond of speaking, you can set your mind at ease.

4. (Hong Kong Cantonese, of clothing) conservative; not revealing
5. (Guangzhou Cantonese) concealed; hidden

   收埋得好密實 [Cantonese, trad.]
   收埋得好密实 [Cantonese, simp.]

   sau¹ maai⁴ dak¹ hou² mat⁶ sat⁶ [Jyutping]

   to keep very concealed

6. (Zhangzhou Hokkien) of great quantity; of a sizable quantity

   伊現在開一間店，趁甲真密實。 [Hokkien, trad.]
   伊现在开一间店，趁甲真密实。 [Hokkien, simp.]

   I hiān-chāi khai chi̍t keng tiàm, thàn kah chin ba̍t-cha̍t. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   He now has opened a shop and is earning a great quantity.

Derived terms

• 密密實實／密密实实
• 密實袋／密实袋