secret

secretary

Grain (禾) + sound mì (必) = something hidden and guarded

禾 (grain) once extended to harvests guarded from others — the source of something kept close and hidden. 必 mainly provides the sound mì; it carries no secret of its own here.

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这件事是我们之间的密,不能告诉别人。

zhè jiàn shì shì wǒ men zhī jiān de mì mì,bù néng gào su bié rén。

This matter is a secret between us; we can't tell other people.

他把所有重要的文件都交给了书保管。

tā bǎ suǒ yǒu zhòng yào de wén jiàn dōu jiāo gěi le mì shū bǎo guǎn。

He handed all the important documents to the secretary for safekeeping.

Words with 秘

隐秘

yǐn mì

secret; hidden

隐秘难言

yǐn mì nán yán

too embarrassing to mention

一秘

yī mì

first secretary

便秘

biàn mì

constipation

副秘书长

fù mì shū zhǎng

vice-secretary

大便秘结

dà biàn mì jié

constipation

奥秘

ào mì

secret

宝葫芦的秘密

bǎo hú lu de mì mì

Secret of the Magic Gourd (1958), prize-winning children's fairy tale by Zhang Tianyi 張天翼|张天翼[Zhang1 Tian1 yi4]

小秘

xiǎo mì

(ironically) "secretary" (i.e. boss's mistress)

怪秘

guài mì

strange

探秘

tàn mì

to explore a mystery

揭秘

jiē mì

to reveal a secret

More characters with 禾