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 保安 bǎo ān to ensure public security / to ensure safety (for workers engaged in production) / public security / security guard syn 检察官 檢察官 jiǎn chá guān public prosecutor / public procurator (judicial officer whose job may involve both criminal investigation and public prosecution) 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 公开 公開 gōng kāi open / overt / public / to make public / to release syn 隐私 隱私 yǐn sī secrets / private business / privacy syn 私下 sī xià in private syn 公 gōng public / collectively owned / common / international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar) / make public / fair / just / Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / honorable (gentlemen) / father-in-law / male (animal) 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 合伙 hé huǒ to act jointly / to form a partnership syn 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 亮相 liàng xiàng to strike a pose (Chinese opera) / (fig.) to make a public appearance / to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc) / (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc 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 公益 gōng yì public good / public welfare / public interest 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 民意 mín yì public opinion / popular will / public will syn 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 公用 gōng yòng public / for public use 私营 私營 sī yíng privately-owned / private syn 列兵 liè bīng private (army) 公安 gōng ān (Ministry of) Public Security / public safety / public security 口碑 kǒu bēi public praise / public reputation / commonly held opinions / current idiom 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 散伙 sàn huǒ to disband / (of a partnership, group etc) to break up syn 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 五五 wǔ wǔ 50-50 / equal (share, partnership etc) 众怒 眾怒 zhòng nù public anger / public outrage 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 公示 gōng shì to make known to the public (for information or to seek comments) / public notification 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 伙伴关系 伙伴關係 huǒ bàn guān xi partnership 公益事业 公益事業 gōng yì shì yè service to the public / public welfare undertaking / charity / social facility 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 公共事业 公共事業 gōng gòng shì yè public utility / state-run enterprise / public foundation or enterprise, often charitable 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 行号 行號 háng hào (computing) (text file) line number / (data table or spreadsheet) row number / (Tw) unincorporated firm (typically a smaller business such as a sole proprietorship or partnership) 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 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 公家 gōng jiā the public / the state / society / the public purse syn 公判 gōng pàn public opinion / public announcement of verdict at a trial syn 克己奉公 剋己奉公 kè jǐ fèng gōng self-restraint and devotion to public duties (idiom) / selfless dedication / to serve the public interest wholeheartedly syn 体己 體己 tī ji intimate / private saving of family members syn 损公肥私 損公肥私 sǔn gōng féi sī to damage the public interest for personal profit (idiom) / personal profit at public expense / venal and selfish behavior syn 塾 shú private school 兄弟 xiōng dì brothers / younger brother / CL:個|个[ge4] / I, me (humble term used by men in public speech) / brotherly / fraternal syn 公寓 gōng yù apartment building / block of flats (may be a public housing block or a condominium etc) (CL:套[tao4]) syn 公园 公園 gōng yuán park (for public recreation) / CL:座[zuo4] syn 酒店 jiǔ diàn wine shop / pub (public house) / hotel / restaurant / (Tw) hostess club syn 明 míng bright / opposite: dark 暗[an4] / (of meaning) clear / to understand / next / public or open / wise / generic term for a sacrifice to the gods syn 阳光 陽光 yáng guāng sunshine / (of personality) upbeat / energetic / transparent (open to public scrutiny) syn 公众 公眾 gōng zhòng public syn 