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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
mì | mi4
English translation
secret, mysterious, abstruse

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

Contains the radical

shì

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

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spirit

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

礻必

Semantic compound

shì

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
秘密 mìmì secret秘密 mìmì
神秘 shénmì mysterious神秘 shénmì
秘书 mìshū secretary秘書
秘书长 mì shū zhǎng secretary-general秘書長
secret
秘诀 mì jué secret know-how秘訣
秘鲁 Bì lǔ Peru秘魯
便秘 biàn mì constipation便秘 biàn mì
秘方 mì fāng secret recipe祕方
副秘书长 fù mì shū zhǎng vice-secretary副秘書長
隐秘 yǐn mì secret隱秘
奥秘 àomì secret奧祕
揭秘 jiē mì to unmask揭秘 jiē mì
秘籍 mì jí rare book秘籍 mì jí
诡秘 guǐ mì secretive詭祕
文秘 wén mì secretary文秘 wén mì
神秘莫测 shén mì mò cè mystery神祕莫測
秘而不宣 mì ér bù xuān to withhold information祕而不宣
小秘 xiǎo mì (ironically) "secretary" (i.e. boss's mistress)小秘 xiǎo mì
秘结 mì jié constipation祕結
秘藏 mì cáng hidden祕藏

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