密码 mìmǎ password
password; secret code
How to remember 密码: 密 secret + 码 number = password.
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How it is used
- Password / PIN / secret code - 输入密码 (shūrù mìmǎ) enter the password, 忘记密码 forgot the password.
- 密 = secret + 码 = code/number; the everyday word for any login PIN or passcode.
- Contrast 暗号 (ànhào), a spoken secret signal/watchword; 密码 is the digital/written password.
Example sentences
- 售货员请我输入卡号密码。 Shòuhuòyuán qǐng wǒ shūrù kǎhào mìmǎ.The salesperson asked me to enter my pin number.
- 我们毫不费力地想出了密码。 Wǒmen háobúfèilì de xiǎng chū le mìmǎ.We easily figured out the password.