mìmì
secret
The Chinese word '秘密' is similar to the English word 'secret' and it is used in the same way to mean something that is meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others. This can be a piece of information or a fact that one person or a small group of people know about, and that other people are not allowed to know.
wǒ de mì mì bù néng gào sù nǐ
I can't tell you my secret.
This sentence expresses a person's unwillingness to share her/his secret with the other person.
zhè shì wǒ men de yī gè xiǎo mì mì
This is a little secret of ours.
This phrase indicates that the speakers share a small secret between them.
nǐ yǒu shén me mì mì ma
Do you have any secrets?
This sentence is usually used when someone is curious about another person's secret.
mì mì zài tā de rì jì lǐ
The secret is in his diary.
This phrase is spoken when someone is implying that the secret can be found in a person's diary.
zhè shì yī běn mì mì rì jì
This is a secret diary.
This phrase is used when someone is referring to a diary that contains secrets and is not meant to be read by others.
tā yǒu hěn duō mì mì
She has many secrets.
This sentence is used when someone believes that another person has a lot of secrets.
mì mì bèi jiē lù chū lái le
The secret has been exposed.
This sentence is used to indicate that a concealed secret has been revealed.
tā xǐ huān bǎo chí mì mì
He likes to keep secrets.
This sentence is used when someone likes to keep secrets from others.
tā fā xiàn le tā de mì mì
She discovered his secret.
This phrase is used when a secret has been found out by someone.
wǒ xiǎng zhī dào nà gè mì mì
I want to know that secret.
This sentence is used when someone is interested in knowing a particular secret.