秘密 mì mì secret / private / confidential / clandestine / a secret (CL:個|个[ge4]) syn 私人 sī rén private / personal / interpersonal / sb with whom one has a close personal relationship / a member of one's clique syn 隐藏 隱藏 yǐn cáng to hide / to conceal / to mask / to shelter / to harbor (i.e. keep sth hidden) / to hide oneself / to lie low / to nestle / hidden / implicit / private / covert / recessed (lighting) syn 隐私 隱私 yǐn sī secrets / private business / privacy syn 环节 環節 huán jié (zoology) segment (of the body of a worm, centipede etc) / (fig.) a part of an integrated whole: aspect (of a project), element (of a policy), sector (of the economy), stage (of a process) etc syn 私下 sī xià in private syn 普通人 pǔ tōng rén ordinary person / private citizen / people / the person in the street syn 私家 sī jiā private / privately owned or managed syn 套房 tào fáng small room opening off another / inner room / suite / apartment / flat / (Tw) room with private bathroom 私生活 sī shēng huó private life 家教 jiā jiào family education / upbringing / to bring sb up / private tutor 包厢 包廂 bāo xiāng box (in a theater or concert hall) / private room (in a restaurant or karaoke) syn 私立 sī lì privately-run / private (school, hospital etc) / to set up illegally syn 窃取 竊取 qiè qǔ to steal (usu. private information, intellectual property etc) 行医 行醫 xíng yī to practice medicine (esp. in private practice) syn 私自 sī zì private / personal / secretly / without explicit approval syn 切口 qiè kǒu slang / argot / private language used as secret code syn 私藏 sī cáng to keep hidden / to keep in one's private possession / secret store / stash 专属 專屬 zhuān shǔ to belong or be dedicated exclusively to / proprietary / private / personal syn 座机 座機 zuò jī fixed-line phone / landline / private plane 私有 sī yǒu private / privately-owned syn 板块 板塊 bǎn kuài slab / (geology) tectonic plate / (fig.) sector (of the stock market or of industry) / (economic) bloc 公私 gōng sī public and private (interests, initiative etc) syn 主动权 主動權 zhǔ dòng quán initiative (as in "seize the initiative") / advantageous position that allows one to call the shots 补习 補習 bǔ xí to take extra lessons in a cram school or with a private tutor 私营 私營 sī yíng privately-owned / private syn 列兵 liè bīng private (army) 专车 專車 zhuān chē special (or reserved) train (or bus etc) / limousine / private car used as a taxi and booked via a smartphone app 私房 sī fang personal / private / confidential syn 包间 包間 bāo jiān private room (in a restaurant, or for karaoke etc) / parlor / booth / compartment 扇形 shàn xíng circular sector 雅座 yǎ zuò (restaurant etc) private room / booth / comfortable seating 民房 mín fáng private house 钱庄 錢莊 qián zhuāng old-style money shop (a type of private bank that first appeared in the Ming dynasty, flourished in the Qing, and was phased out after 1949) / (in recent times) informal financial company, often operating at the edges of what is legal syn 金融业 金融業 jīn róng yè financial sector / the banking business 上等兵 shàng děng bīng private first class (army rank) 密谈 密談 mì tán commune / private discussion 个体户 個體戶 gè tǐ hù self-employed / a private firm (PRC usage) syn 假公济私 假公濟私 jiǎ gōng jì sī official authority used for private interests (idiom) / to attain private ends by abusing public position syn 深闺 深閨 shēn guī lady's private room or bedroom / boudoir syn 小金库 小金庫 xiǎo jīn kù supplementary cash reserve / private fund / private hoard / slush fund 自留地 zì liú dì private plot allocated to an individual on a collective farm 士卒 shì zú soldier / private (army) syn 私企 sī qǐ private enterprise / abbr. of 私營企業|私营企业[si1 ying2 qi3 ye4] syn 自诉 自訴 zì sù private prosecution (law) / (of a patient) to describe (one's symptoms) 私有制 sī yǒu zhì private ownership of property 私营企业 私營企業 sī yíng qǐ yè private business / opposite: state-owned enterprise 國有企業|国有企业[guo2 you3 qi3 ye4] 私密 sī mì private / secret / intimate 第三产业 第三產業 dì sān chǎn yè tertiary sector of industry 区块 區塊 qū kuài block / segment / section / sector / area syn 私家车 私家車 sī jiā chē private car 教育部门 教育部門 Education Sector 自爆 zì bào to explode / spontaneous detonation / self-detonation / suicide bombing / to disclose private matters about oneself 扇区 扇區 shàn qū disk sector (computing) 包房 bāo fáng compartment (of train, ship etc) / private room at restaurant / rented room for karaoke / hotel room rented by the hour 个人隐私 個人隱私 gè rén yǐn sī personal privacy / private matters 私处 私處 sī chù private parts / genitalia 私房 sī fáng privately-owned house / private rooms / private ownings syn 隐忧 隱憂 yǐn yōu secret concern / private worry syn 私募 sī mù private placement (investing) 自有品牌 zì yǒu pǐn pái private brand 座驾 座駕 zuò jià one's own car (or motorbike) / vehicle for one's private use 转移支付 轉移支付 zhuǎn yí zhī fù transfer payment (payment from government or private sector for which no good or service is required in return) 东段 東段 Eastern Sector 书馆 書館 shū guǎn teashop with performance by 評書|评书 story tellers / (attached to name of publishing houses) / (in former times) private school / library (of classic texts) 密语 密語 mì yǔ code word / coded language / to communicate in private 私立学校 私立學校 sī lì xué xiào private school 私塾 sī shú private school (in former times) syn 三资企业 三資企業 sān zī qǐ yè foreign, private and joint ventures syn 第一产业 第一產業 dì yī chǎn yè primary sector of industry 个体经济 個體經濟 gè tǐ jīng jì economics of a self-employed individual or private firm 私法 sī fǎ private law 界别 界別 jiè bié to divide up into different zones / (HK) sector of society / constituency / (taxonomy) kingdom syn 公私合营 公私合營 gōng sī hé yíng joint public private operation 慎独 慎獨 shèn dú to preserve a proper behavior in private life 背地 bèi dì secretly / in private / behind someone's back 密 mì dense / close / thick / intimate / close / (bound form) secret / confidential / (Internet slang) to send a private message to (sb) / to DM syn 私 sī personal / private / selfish syn 悄悄话 悄悄話 qiāo qiao huà whisperings / private words / confidences / sweet nothings 体己 體己 tī ji intimate / private saving of family members syn 塾 shú private school 掌握 zhǎng wò to grasp (often fig.) / to control / to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny) / to master / to know well / to understand sth well and know how to use it / fluency syn 主动 主動 zhǔ dòng to take the initiative / to do sth of one's own accord / spontaneous / active / opposite: passive 被動|被动[bei4 dong4] / drive (of gears and shafts etc) syn 发起 發起 fā qǐ to originate / to initiate / to launch (an attack, an initiative etc) / to start / to propose sth (for the first time) syn 出头 出頭 chū tóu to get out of a predicament / to stick out / to take the initiative / remaining odd fraction after a division / a little more than syn 先发制人 先發制人 xiān fā zhì rén (idiom) to gain the initiative by striking first / to preempt syn 率先 shuài xiān to take the lead / to show initiative syn 进取 進取 jìn qǔ to show initiative / to be a go-getter / to push forward with one's agenda syn 守株待兔 shǒu zhū dài tù lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom) / to wait idly for opportunities / to trust to chance rather than show initiative syn 无所作为 無所作為 wú suǒ zuò wéi attempting nothing and accomplishing nothing (idiom) / without any initiative or drive / feckless syn 进取心 進取心 jìn qǔ xīn enterprising spirit / initiative syn 倡议 倡議 chàng yì to suggest / to initiate / proposal / initiative syn 积极性 積極性 jī jí xìng zeal / initiative / enthusiasm / activity syn 倡议书 倡議書 chàng yì shū written proposal / document outlining an initiative 能动性 能動性 néng dòng xìng initiative / active role 自作主张 自作主張 zì zuò zhǔ zhāng to think for oneself and act accordingly (idiom) / to act on one's own initiative syn 专擅 專擅 zhuān shàn without authorization / to act on one's own initiative 黮 tán black, dark / unclear / private 公报私仇 公報私仇 gōng bào sī chóu to use public office to avenge private wrongs syn 