浓密 (nóng mì) — dense and thick (of hair, eyebrows, vegetation,…

Definition

Used for hair, eyebrows, and vegetation that grow closely packed together — a vivid, slightly literary alternative to everyday 密.

adjective

dense and thick (of hair, eyebrows, vegetation, etc.)

浓密。
Tā yǒu yì tóu nóng mì de hēi fà.
She has a head of thick black hair.
浓密。
Zhè piàn nóng mì de sēn lín lǐ yǒu hěn duō yě shēng dòng wù.
There are many wild animals in this dense forest.
浓密。
Tā de nóng mì méi mao ràng tā kàn qǐ lái hěn yán sù.
His thick eyebrows make him look serious.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

浓 “dense” and 密 “thick” combine to describe closely packed hair or leaves.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 濃; 浓 is its simplified writing.

氵農濃

Meaning part形符xíngfú

氵Written in full as水shuǐwater

Sound part声符shēngfú

農

農nóng濃nóng

Same sound today

The traditional form 濃 has 氵 as water and 農 as the sound part; this is the form described here.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

宓山密

Meaning part形符xíngfú

山山shānmountain

Sound part声符shēngfú

宓

宓mì密mì

Same sound today

密 pairs 山 (mountain) with 宓 (mì), which gives the pronunciation, to picture something hidden in the mountains, hence secret.

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