秘密

See also: 祕密

Chinese

		secret	secret; confidential; close secret; confidential; close; thick; dense
trad. (秘密/祕密)		秘/祕	密
simp. (秘密)		秘	密

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mìmì

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ ㄇㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bei³ mat⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): pi-me̍t
• Eastern Min (BUC): bé-mĭk
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pì-bi̍t
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵pi-miq

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mìmì → mìmi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ ㄇㄧˋ → ㄇㄧˋ ˙ㄇㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mìmi̊
    • Wade–Giles: mi⁴-mi⁵
    • Yale: mì-mi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mih.mih
    • Palladius: мими (mimi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi⁵¹/ → /mi⁵¹ mi¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 密密 密祕／密秘 汨汨 祕密／秘密 秘密

Note: Initial of first syllable is irregular (due to assimilation).

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bei³ mat⁶
    • Yale: bei maht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bei³ mat⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: béi³ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pei̯³³ mɐt̚²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: pi-me̍t
    • Hakka Romanization System: bi med
    • Hagfa Pinyim: bi⁴ med⁶
    • Sinological IPA: /pi⁵⁵ met̚⁵/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: bé-mĭk
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ miʔ⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pì-bi̍t
    • Tâi-lô: pì-bi̍t
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pie'bit
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pi²¹⁻⁵³ bit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pi⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ bit̚²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /pi²¹⁻⁵³ bit̚¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pi¹¹⁻⁵³ bit̚⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pi²¹⁻⁴¹ bit̚⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵pi-miq
    • MiniDict: pi^去 mih
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²pi-miq
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /pi³³ miɪʔ⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: pijH mit

Rime
Character	秘	密
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	明 (4)
Final (韻)	脂 (17)	質 (49)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III
Fanqie	兵媚切	美畢切
Baxter	pijH	mit
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pˠiɪH/	/mˠiɪt̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pᵚiH/	/mᵚit̚/
Shao Rongfen	/piɪH/	/miet̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/pjiH/	/mjit̚/
Li Rong	/pjiH/	/mjĕt̚/
Wang Li	/piH/	/mĭĕt̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/piH/	/mi̯ĕt̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bì	mì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bei3	mat6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*mpriɡs  mriɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	密
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	mì
Middle Chinese	‹ mit ›
Old Chinese	/*mri[t]/
English	dense
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	秘	密
Reading #	1/1	1/1
No.	553	591
Phonetic component	必	必
Rime group	至	質
Rime subdivision	2	2
Corresponding MC rime	祕	密
Old Chinese	/*mpriɡs/	/*mriɡ/
Notes	祕注俗字

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 秘密

1. secret (knowledge that is hidden)

   越心虛越解釋關於你和她公開的秘密。沒什麼了不起，說什麼對不起？ [MSC, trad.]
   越心虚越解释关于你和她公开的秘密。没什么了不起，说什么对不起？ [MSC, simp.]

   Yuè xīnxū yuè jiěshì guānyú nǐ hé tā gōngkāi de mìmì. Méi shénme liǎobùqǐ, shuō shénme duìbùqǐ? [Pinyin]

   The more [you are] afraid of being found out, the more [you] [try to] explain the public secret of you and her. [It's] nothing special, why apologize?

Synonyms

• 隱秘／隐秘 (yǐnmì)

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 秘密

1. secret (being or kept hidden)

Synonyms

• 詭秘／诡秘 (guǐmì)
• 精微 (jīngwēi)
• 妙 (miào)
• 神秘 (shénmì)
• 隱秘／隐秘 (yǐnmì)

Antonyms

• 公開／公开 (gōngkāi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (祕密／秘密 (mìmì)):

• → Japanese: 秘(ひ)密(みつ) (himitsu)
• → Korean: 비밀(祕密) (bimil)
• → Vietnamese: bí mật (祕密)

Related terms

• 機密／机密 (jīmì)
• 絕密／绝密 (juémì)

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
秘	密
ひ Grade: 6	みつ Grade: 6
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
祕密 (kyūjitai)

Noun

秘(ひ)密(みつ) or 秘密(ヒミツ) • (himitsu) 

1. secret

   ハリー・ポッターと秘(ひ)密(みつ)の部(へ)屋(や)

   Harī Pottā to Himitsu no Heya

   Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

   • 1905, 夏目漱石, 吾輩は猫である:

     下女(げじょ)は国事(こくじ)の秘密(ひみつ)でも語(はか)る時(とき)のように大得意(だいとくい)である。

     Gejo wa kokuji no himitsu demo hakaru toki no yō ni daitokui de aru.

     The maid acted as if she were telling him some kind of national secret.

Synonyms

• 内緒(ないしょ) (naisho)

Usage notes

More formal than 内緒(ないしょ) (naisho), though both can be used in casual setting.

See also

• 機密(きみつ) (kimitsu)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
秘	密

Noun

秘密 • (bimil) (hangeul 비밀)

1. Hanja form^? of 비밀 (“secret”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
秘	密

Noun

秘密

1. Template:han tu form of