秘密

See also: 祕密

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

Pronunciation
Note: Initial of first syllable is irregular (due to assimilation).
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) Chongniu III Chongniu III
Fanqie 兵媚切 美畢切
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
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

秘密

  1. secret
    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?

Adjective

秘密

  1. secret

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (祕密):

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

Pronunciation

Noun

秘密 (hiragana ひみつ, rōmaji 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 (げ)女 (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

Usage notes

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

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean
Hanja in this term
秘密

Noun

秘密 • (bimil) (hangeul 비밀)

  1. Hanja form? of 비밀 (“secret”).

Vietnamese
Hán tự in this word
秘密

Noun

秘密

  1. Hán tự form of bí mật (“secret”).
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