密 (mat6 | mi4) : dense; thick; tight; close; intimate

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密

mat6

mi4

[1] dense; thick; tight [2] close; intimate

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 宀 (#40)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

密

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 14th Jul 2009 03:17

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密絲 mat6 si1 = to miss (as phonetic loanword) 粵

密碼 mat6 maa5 mi4 ma3 = secret number; PIN; password

高密 gou1 mat6 gao1 mi4 = [1] high density; [2] security classification of "top secret"

保密 bou2 mat6 bao3 mi4 = to keep secret, to keep secure

嚴密 jim4 mat6 yan2 mi4 = tight (security etc.); strict

周密 zau1 mat6 zhou1 mi4 = careful; thorough

人口密度 jan4 hau2 mat6 dou6 ren2 kou3 mi4 du4 = population density

機密 gei1 mat6 ji1 mi4 = [1] secret; [2] security classification of "secret"

精密 zing1 mat6 jing1 mi4 = accurate; exact; accuracy

緊密 gan2 mat6 jin3 mi4 = inseparably close
See all 91 compounds (CantoDict reports 95 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 密

你守得秘密㗎係咪？粵
You can keep a secret, right?

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 密
Unicode code for this character: U+5BC6 (off-site link)

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