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 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 耳语 耳語 ěr yǔ to whisper in sb's ear / a whisper syn 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 公私 gōng sī public and private (interests, initiative etc) syn 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 交头接耳 交頭接耳 jiāo tóu jiē ěr to whisper to one another's ear syn 喳喳 chā cha to whisper syn 声息 聲息 shēng xī sound (often with negative, not a sound) / whisper syn 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 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 附耳 fù ěr to approach sb's ear (to whisper) 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 私家车 私家車 sī jiā chē private car 自爆 zì bào to explode / spontaneous detonation / self-detonation / suicide bombing / to disclose private matters about oneself 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 窃窃私语 竊竊私語 qiè qiè sī yǔ to whisper 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) 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 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 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 咬耳朵 yǎo ěr duo (coll.) to whisper in sb's ear syn 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 聂 聶 niè to whisper 卿卿我我 qīng qīng wǒ wǒ to bill and coo (idiom) / to whisper sweet nothings to one another / to be very much in love syn 咕唧 gū jī to whisper / to mutter syn 体己 體己 tī ji intimate / private saving of family members syn 塾 shú private school 哼唧 hēng ji whisper syn 詀 zhān garrulous / to whisper / to joke 低声细语 低聲細語 dī shēng xì yǔ in a whisper / in a low voice (idiom) 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 公私兼顾 公私兼顧 gōng sī jiān gù to adequately take into account both public and private interests 舍己为公 捨己為公 shě jǐ wèi gōng to give up one's private interests for the public good (idiom) / to behave altruistically / selfless and public spirited syn 私募基金 sī mù jī jīn private equity fund / fund offered to private placement (e.g. hedge fund) 专用自动交换分机 Private Automatic Branch Exchange / Private Branch Exchange 军事咨询公司 軍事咨詢公司 jūn shì zī xún gōng sī private military company / private military contractor 私讯 私訊 sī xùn (Tw) private message / to send a private message 咠 qì to whisper / to blame, to slander 呫 zhān to drink / to sip / to taste / to lick / whisper / petty 呫呫 tiè tiè to whisper 呫嚅 tiè rú to whisper 呫嗫 呫囁 tiè niè (onom.) muttering / to whisper / mouthing words 唧咕 jī gu (onom.) whisper 嗫呫 囁呫 niè tiè to whisper 耦语 耦語 ǒu yǔ to have a tete-à-tete / to whisper to each other 开小会 開小會 kāi xiǎo huì to whisper and chat (instead of listening during a meeting or lecture) 