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= mi + Ø4
secret / confidential / close / thick / dense
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How to pronounce 密

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= mi initial

Mi is for Marilyn Monroe.

By Matthias • updated 3 months ago
+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

By Matthias • updated about 2 months ago

密 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
mián = mi + an2
"roof" radical (Kangxi radical 40), occurring in 家, 定, 安 etc, referred to as 寶蓋|宝盖[bao3 gai4]
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= bi + Ø4
certainly / must / will / necessarily
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shān = sh + an1
mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL:座[zuo4] / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable
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= mi + Ø4
still / silent
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Characters with 密 as component

= mi + Ø4
(phonetic) as in pyrimidine
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Words with 密

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secret / CL:個|个[ge4]
secret; private; confidential; clandestine / a secret (CL:個|个[ge4])
secret code / ciphertext / password / PIN

Sentences with 密

密 currently does not appear in any sentence.

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secret / confidential / close / thick / dense

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