密密

Chinese

		secret; confidential; close secret; confidential; close; thick; dense	secret; confidential; close secret; confidential; close; thick; dense
simp. and trad. (密密)		密	密

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): mìmì

(Zhuyin): ㄇㄧˋ ㄇㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): mat⁶ mat⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): me̍t-me̍t
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ba̍t-ba̍t

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: mìmì
  - Zhuyin: ㄇㄧˋ ㄇㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: mìmì
  - Wade–Giles: mi⁴-mi⁴
  - Yale: mì-mì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mihmih
  - Palladius: мими (mimi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mi⁵¹⁻⁵³ mi⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    密密
    密祕／密秘
    汨汨
    祕密／秘密
    秘密
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: mat⁶ mat⁶
  - Yale: maht maht
  - Cantonese Pinyin: mat⁹ mat⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: med⁶ med⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɐt̚² mɐt̚²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: me̍t-me̍t
  - Hakka Romanization System: med med
  - Hagfa Pinyim: med⁶ med⁶
  - Sinological IPA: /met̚⁵ met̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ba̍t-ba̍t
  - Tâi-lô: ba̍t-ba̍t
  - Phofsit Daibuun: badbat
  - IPA (Singapore): /bat̚⁴³⁻²¹ bat̚⁴³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /bat̚²⁴⁻² bat̚²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /bat̚⁴⁻³² bat̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /bat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ bat̚¹²¹/

Adjective

密密

thick; dense
密密的樹林／密密的树林 ― mìmì de shùlín ― dense forest

公園花開甲密密。 [Hokkien, trad.]
公园花开甲密密。 [Hokkien, simp.]
Kong-hn̂g hoe khui kah -ba̍t-ba̍t. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
The flowers in the park densely bloomed.
close; tight
密密的針腳／密密的针脚 ― mìmì de zhēnjiǎo ― tight stitches

用布包甲密密 [Hokkien, trad. and simp.]
ēng pò͘ pau kah -ba̍t-ba̍t [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
to use cloth to wrap tightly

Synonyms

(Hokkien) 峇峇 (bā-bā)

Derived terms

雞卵密密也有縫／鸡卵密密也有缝

Adverb

密密

(literary) in secret; surreptitiously
(Cantonese) frequently; regularly
你同佢密密斟，係咪有路唧？ [Cantonese, trad.]
你同佢密密斟，系咪有路唧？ [Cantonese, simp.]
nei⁵ tung⁴ keoi⁵ mat⁶ mat⁶ zam¹, hai⁶ mai⁶ jau⁵ lou⁶ zek¹? [Jyutping]
You chat with him regularly, do you have an affair with him?
(Hakka) repeatedly; time and time again

Synonyms

(repeatedly):

一再 (yīzài)
來回／来回 (láihuí)
再三 (zàisān)
反覆／反复 (fǎnfù)
多次 (duōcì)
屢屢／屡屡 (lǚlǚ)
屢次／屡次 (lǚcì)
往復／往复 (wǎngfù)
比比 (bǐbǐ)
重重 (chóngchóng)
頻頻／频频 (pínpín)

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