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 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 红军 紅軍 hóng jūn Red Army (1928-1937), predecessor of the PLA / (Soviet) Red Army (1917-1946) syn 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 三军 三軍 sān jūn (in former times) upper, middle and lower army / army of right, center and left / (in modern times) the three armed services: Army, Navy and Air Force syn 包间 包間 bāo jiān private room (in a restaurant, or for karaoke etc) / parlor / booth / compartment 集团军 集團軍 jí tuán jūn army grouping / collective army 正规军 正規軍 zhèng guī jūn regular army / standing army 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 调兵遣将 調兵遣將 diào bīng qiǎn jiàng to move an army and send a general (idiom) / to deploy an army / to send a team on a task syn 自留地 zì liú dì private plot allocated to an individual on a collective farm 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 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 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 关东军 關東軍 guān dōng jūn Japanese Kwantung army (or Kantō army), notorious for numerous atrocities in China during WWII 私法 sī fǎ private law 绿营 綠營 lǜ yíng Green Standard Army, standing infantry during Qing dynasty, originally formed from Ming and other Chinese army units 元军 元軍 yuán jūn Mongol army / army of Yuan dynasty 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 项英 項英 xiàng yīng Xiang Ying (1898-1941), communist general involved in forming the New Fourth Army 新四軍|新四军[Xin1 si4 jun1], killed in 1941 during the New Fourth Army incident 皖南事變|皖南事变[Wan3 nan2 Shi4 bian4] 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 常胜军 常勝軍 cháng shèng jūn Ever Victorious Army (1860-1864), Qing dynasty army equipped and trained jointly with Europeans and used esp. against the Taiping rebels 兵痞 bīng pǐ army riffraff / army ruffian / soldier of fortune syn 塾 shú private school 进行 進行 jìn xíng (of a process etc) to proceed / to be in progress / to be underway / (of people) to carry out / to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) / (of an army etc) to be on the march / to advance syn 师 師 shī teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops syn 上校 shàng xiào high ranking officer in Chinese army / colonel 部队 部隊 bù duì army / armed forces / troops / force / unit / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 中尉 zhōng wèi lieutenant (navy) / first lieutenant (army) / subaltern 兵 bīng soldiers / a force / an army / weapons / arms / military / warlike / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 制服 zhì fú to subdue / to check / to bring under control / (in former times) what one is allowed to wear depending on social status / uniform (army, party, school etc) / livery (for company employees) / CL:套[tao4] 军 軍 jūn (bound form) army / military syn 少校 shào xiào junior ranking officer in Chinese army / major / lieutenant commander 巡逻 巡邏 xún luó to patrol (police, army or navy) syn 中校 zhōng xiào middle ranking officer in Chinese army / lieutenant colonel / commander 服役 fú yì to serve in the army / in active service syn 陆军 陸軍 lù jūn army / ground forces syn 美军 美軍 měi jūn US army / US armed forces 下士 xià shì lowest-ranked noncommissioned officer (e.g. corporal in the army or petty officer, third class in the navy) 参军 參軍 cān jūn to join the army / (official title in imperial China) military adviser / aide-de-camp syn 叛军 叛軍 pàn jūn rebel army 当兵 當兵 dāng bīng to serve in the army / to be a soldier syn 巡逻队 巡邏隊 xún luó duì (army, police) patrol 入伍 rù wǔ to enter the army / to enlist syn 