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秘密

mì mì

secret

Usage note

秘密表示不能随便告诉别人的事。

mì mì biǎo shì bù néng suí biàn gào sù bié rén de shì。

秘密 means something not to be told casually.

Context note

秘密常用于个人、故事和保密。

mì mì cháng yòng yú gè rén 、 gù shì hé bǎo mì。

It is often used with personal matters, stories, and confidentiality.

5 examples

这是秘密
zhè shì mì mì。
This is a secret.
他告诉了我秘密
tā gào sù le wǒ mì mì。
He told me a secret.
不要泄露秘密
bú yào xiè lòu mì mì。
Do not reveal the secret.
她有一个秘密
tā yǒu yí gè mì mì。
She has a secret.
秘密很重要。
mì mì hěn zhòng yào。
Secrets are important.

5 mini stories

老师说,秘密要守住。
lǎo shī shuō, mì mì yào shǒu zhù。
The teacher said secrets should be kept.
他们悄悄说了一个秘密
tā men qiāo qiāo shuō le yí gè mì mì。
They whispered a secret.
这个秘密让大家很好奇。
zhè ge mì mì ràng dà jiā hěn hào qí。
This secret made everyone very curious.
她把秘密写在本子里。
tā bǎ mì mì xiě zài běn zi lǐ。
She wrote the secret in a notebook.
秘密一旦说出,就不再是秘密
mì mì yí dàn shuō chū, jiù bú zài shì mì mì。
Once a secret is told, it is no longer a secret.

Mini dialogue

Keeping a Secret

A
我有一个秘密,但只能告诉你。
Wǒ yǒu yī gè mìmì, dàn zhǐ néng gàosù nǐ.
I have a secret, but I can only tell you.
B
真的吗?我会保守秘密的。
Zhēn de ma? Wǒ huì bǎoshǒu mìmì de.
Really? I will keep the secret.

A Surprise Party

A
我们在准备一个秘密派对,别告诉小明。
Wǒmen zài zhǔnbèi yī gè mìmì pàiduì, bié gàosù Xiǎo Míng.
We are preparing a secret party, don't tell Xiao Ming.
B
好的,这是我们的秘密
Hǎo de, zhè shì wǒmen de mìmì.
Okay, this is our secret.

Related words and contrasts

related
隐私
yǐn sī
privacy

隐私 is about personal privacy, while 秘密 is a secret.

opposite
公开
gōng kāi
public

公开 means open or public, the opposite of secret.

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