Definition

1. Adjective:

   • With strict security precautions: Describes an action, arrangement, or measure carried out with great care, thoroughness, and secrecy to ensure safety and prevent leaks or breaches.
   • Meticulous and rigorous: Characterized by extreme attentiveness to detail and strict adherence to procedures, often to maintain confidentiality or security.

2. Adverb:

   • In a strictly guarded/secret manner: Modifies a verb to indicate that an action is performed with a high degree of caution and secrecy.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Khu vực quân sự được canh phòng cẩn mật. (The military area is guarded with strict security precautions.)
  • Đây là một kế hoạch cẩn mật, không được tiết lộ. (This is a secretive plan, it must not be revealed.)

• Adverb:

  • Mọi thông tin đều được bảo quản cẩn mật. (All information is stored in a strictly guarded manner.)
  • Họ họp cẩn mật trong phòng kín. (They met secretly in a locked room.)

Advanced Usage

• Often used in formal, official, or military contexts to describe protocols, surveillance, guarding, or the handling of sensitive information.
• Implies a level of seriousness and importance beyond simple carefulness, involving systematic measures against threats.

Variants and Related Words

• Bí mật (adj/adv): Secret, confidential. Focuses more on the hidden nature rather than the meticulous protective measures.
• Nghiêm mật (adj): Strict and secret. A close synonym, often used interchangeably in formal contexts.
• Cẩn thận (adj): Careful, cautious. A more general term without the inherent connotation of secrecy or high-level security.

Synonyms

• Secretive: Done with the intention of keeping something hidden.
• Highly guarded: Protected with intense security measures.
• Meticulous: Showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise.

Related Idioms

• Giữ kín như bưng: To keep something tightly sealed (like a covered basket). This idiom emphasizes absolute secrecy and is a more colloquial expression for a concept similar to acting .
  • Họ giữ tin đó kín như bưng. (They kept that news completely under wraps.)

adj

1. With strict security precautions
   • canh phòng cẩn mật
     to guard with strict security precautions