Chinese symbol for “clandestine”
秘密
mì mì
secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret
The closest CC-CEDICT match for clandestine is 秘密 (mì mì), defined as: secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “clandestine”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 私 | sī | (bound form) personal; private; (bound form) selfish |
| 地下 | dì xià | underground; subterranean; covert; clandestine |
| 暧 (曖) | ài | (of daylight) dim; obscure |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 秘密.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 秘书 (秘書) | mì shū | secretary |
| 神秘 | shén mì | mysterious; mystery |
| 秘书长 (秘書長) | mì shū zhǎng | secretary-general |
| 揭秘 | jiē mì | to reveal a secret |
| 秘诀 (祕訣) | mì jué | variant of 秘诀 (mì jué) |
| 密码 (密碼) | mì mǎ | cipher; secret code; password; PIN |
| 密切 | mì qiè | close; intimate; to strengthen (ties, cooperation etc) |
| 紧密 (緊密) | jǐn mì | inseparably close |
See also: Japanese symbol for “clandestine”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.