Chinese symbol for “secrets”
隐私
yǐn sī
Traditional: 隱私
secrets; private business; privacy
The closest CC-CEDICT match for secrets is 隐私 (yǐn sī), defined as: secrets; private business; privacy.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “secrets”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 隐私.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 隐藏 (隱藏) | yǐn cáng | to hide; to conceal |
| 隐瞒 (隱瞞) | yǐn mán | to conceal; to hide (a taboo subject) |
| 隐形 (隱形) | yǐn xíng | invisible |
| 隐患 (隱患) | yǐn huàn | a danger concealed within sth; hidden damage |
| 隐蔽 (隱蔽) | yǐn bì | to conceal; to hide |
| 私人 | sī rén | private; personal |
| 走私 | zǒu sī | to smuggle; to have an illicit affair |
| 自私 | zì sī | selfish; selfishness |
See also: Japanese symbol for “secrets”.
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.