Chinese symbol for “intimate”
亲密
qīn mì
Traditional: 親密
intimate; close
The closest CC-CEDICT match for intimate is 亲密 (qīn mì), defined as: intimate; close.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “intimate”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 贴心 (貼心) | tiē xīn | intimate; close |
| 密切 | mì qiè | close; intimate; to strengthen (ties, cooperation etc) |
| 热络 (熱絡) | rè luò | intimate; friendly |
| 亲昵 (親暱) | qīn nì | intimate |
| 亲近 (親近) | qīn jìn | (of people or relationships) close; intimate; to draw close to; to engage with; to become familiar with (nature, places, ideas, art etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 亲密.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 母亲 (母親) | mǔ qīn | mother |
| 父亲 (父親) | fù qīn | father; also pr. [fu4 qin5] |
| 亲自 (親自) | qīn zì | personally; in person |
| 亲爱 (親愛) | qīn ài | dear; beloved |
| 亲戚 (親戚) | qīn qi | a relative (i.e. family relation); 门 (mén),个 (gè),位 (wèi) |
| 亲人 (親人) | qīn rén | one's close relatives |
| 秘密 | mì mì | secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret |
| 密码 (密碼) | mì mǎ | cipher; secret code; password; PIN |
See also: Japanese symbol for “intimate”.
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.