How to say “privacy” in Chinese
privacy, personal secret
“Privacy” in Chinese is 隐私, yǐn sī: the meaning, a recording of how it sounds, the characters stroke by stroke and examples.
How to pronounce it
隐私 is read yǐn sī: 2 syllables. The tone is part of the word: with another melody you get another word, or just a jumble of sounds.
How to write it
On the left, 阝 “hill”: hiding behind a hill. On the right, a part that looks like 急.
On the left, 禾 “grain”; on the right, 厶 — “one's own”: your own grain.
Strokes go in order: top to bottom and left to right, horizontal before vertical. Tap a character to open its page, with the strokes shown large and the words it appears in. To train your hand, print a handwriting sheet for “隐私”.
Examples
Sentences from the course lessons with 隐私. Tap the sound icon to listen.
- 请尊重别人的隐私。qǐngzūnzhòngbiéréndeyǐnsīPlease respect other people's privacy.
- 请尊重我的隐私qǐngzūnzhòngwǒdeyǐnsīPlease respect my privacy.
- 我们应该保护未成年人的隐私wǒmenyīnggāibǎohùwèichéngniánréndeyǐnsīWe should protect minors' personal data.
More words from the lesson “Privacy and difficult topics”
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Frequently asked questions
How do you say “privacy” in Chinese?
“Privacy” in Chinese is 隐私, pinyin yǐnsī.
What does 隐私 mean?
隐私 (yǐnsī) means “privacy, personal secret”.
How do you write 隐私?
隐私 is 2 characters: 隐 (yǐn) — hide; 私 (sī) — personal, private. The stroke order of each one is shown step by step on this page.
How do you pronounce 隐私?
隐私 is read yǐnsī. Tones: yǐn — third tone, sī — first tone. The page has an audio recording.
“privacy” in the lesson “Privacy and difficult topics”
This word is from the topic “Society” of HSK 6. In the lesson you hear it in a dialogue, build a sentence with it and say it out loud. Start for free, no sign-up needed.
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