秘 (bei3 | mi4 bi4) : secret; mysterious; secretary

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秘

bei3

mi4 bi4

[粵] bei3 | [國] mi4
[1] [adj] secret; mysterious; rare
[2] [n] secretary
[3] [adj] constipated; blocked

[粵] bei3 | [國] bi4
[1] [n] Peru

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Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: 禾 (#115)

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

秘

This word has been viewed 7246 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 22nd Oct 2013 04:19

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秘書 bei3 syu1 mi4 shu1 = secretary

秘魯 bei3 lou5 bi4 lu3 = Peru

秘密 bei3 mat6 mi4 mi4 = [1] secret; [2] security classification of "confidential"

秘書長 bei3 syu1 zoeng2 mi4 shu1 zhang3 = secretary-general

神秘 san4 bei3 shen2 mi4 = mysterious

秘書處 bei3 syu1 cyu3 bi4 shu1 chu4 = secretariat

便秘 bin6 bei3 bian4 mi4 = constipation

秘技 bei3 gei6 = esoteric

一秘 jat1 bei3 yi2 mi4 = first secretary

保守秘密 bou2 sau2 bei3 mat6 bao3 shou3 mi4 mi4 = [n] secrecy; [v] to button one's lip, to keep secret
See all 20 compounds (CantoDict reports 25 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 2 examples containing 秘

我對鞋畀我做嘢嗰度個秘書收埋咗粵
My shoes were hidden by the secretary at work.
[Lit. I pair shoes by I work there [classifier] secretary hide-already]

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

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Decimal representation of this word: 秘
Unicode code for this character: U+79d8 (off-site link)

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