Chinese words starting with “mi”
30 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable mi. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 2 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial m · final i · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 1st tone 1
- 2nd tone 14
- 3rd tone 1
- 4th tone 14
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 秘密mì mìHSK 4
secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret
- 米饭mǐ fànHSK 1
(cooked) rice
All 30 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 米 | mǐ | n,q | rice; meter (classifier) | |
| 2 | 迷 | mí | v,g | to bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused | |
| 3 | 密码 | mì mǎ | n | cipher; secret code; password; PIN | |
| 4 | 密 | mì | a,ad | secret; confidential; close; thick; dense | |
| 5 | 迷人 | mí rén | a,v | fascinating; enchanting; charming; tempting | |
| 6 | 弥补 | mí bǔ | v,vn | to complement; to make up for a deficiency | |
| 7 | 秘书 | mì shū | n | secretary | |
| 8 | 蜜 | mì | n | honey | |
| 9 | 密切 | mì qiè | ad,a,v | close; familiar; intimate; closely (related); to foster close ties; to pay close attention | |
| 10 | 谜 | mí | n,g | riddle | |
| 11 | 迷失 | mí shī | v,vn | to lose (one's bearings); to get lost | |
| 12 | 蜜蜂 | mì fēng | n | bee; honeybee | |
| 13 | 密度 | mì dù | n | density; thickness | |
| 14 | 迷惑 | mí huo | v,an,a | to puzzle; to confuse; to baffle | |
| 15 | 迷路 | mí lù | v,n | to lose the way; lost; labyrinth; labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear) | |
| 16 | 迷恋 | mí liàn | v,vn | to be infatuated with; to be enchanted by; to be passionate about | |
| 17 | 迷信 | mí xìn | v,vn | superstition; to have a superstitious belief (in sth) | |
| 18 | 密封 | mì fēng | vn,v | to seal up | |
| 19 | 秘诀 | mì jué | n | secret know-how; key (to longevity); secret (of happiness); recipe (for success) | |
| 20 | 秘书长 | mì shū zhǎng | n | secretary-general | |
| 21 | 密集 | mì jí | a,ad | concentrated; crowded together; intensive; compressed | |
| 22 | 弥漫 | mí màn | v | to pervade; to fill the air; diffuse; everywhere present; about to inundate (water); permeated by (smoke); filled with (dust); to saturate (the air with fog, smoke etc) | |
| 23 | 蜜月 | mì yuè | n | honeymoon | |
| 24 | 秘方 | mì fāng | n | secret recipe | |
| 25 | 眯 | mī | v | to narrow one's eyes; to squint; (dialect) to take a nap | |
| 26 | 谜团 | mí tuán | n | riddle; enigma; unpredictable situation; elusive matters | |
| 27 | 谜底 | mí dǐ | n | answer to a riddle | |
| 28 | 谜语 | mí yǔ | n | riddle; conundrum | |
| 29 | 密不可分 | mì bù kě fēn | v | inextricably linked (idiom); inseparable | |
| 30 | 迷惑不解 | mí huò bù jiě | v | to feel puzzled |
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