cơ mật
Definition
Adjective:
- Secret; confidential; classified: Refers to matters, information, or affairs that are deliberately kept hidden from general knowledge due to their sensitive, private, or important nature, often relating to state or organizational affairs.
Noun (historical/archaic):
- A secret council; a privy council: Historically refers to a confidential advisory body to a monarch or high authority, dealing with the most sensitive matters of state.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Đây là một kế hoạch cơ mật. (This is a secret plan.)
- Các tài liệu cơ mật được cất trong két sắt. (The confidential documents are kept in the safe.)
- Noun (archaic):
- Nhà vua họp với viện cơ mật. (The king met with the privy council.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is formal and carries a strong connotation of high-level importance, often used in governmental, diplomatic, or military contexts. It implies a higher degree of secrecy than common words like "bí mật" (secret), suggesting information critical to security or statecraft.
Variants and Related Words
- Cơ mật viện (n, historical): Privy Council. The formal institution or body.
- Cơ mật viện thảo luận về chiến tranh. (The Privy Council discussed the war.)
- Tối cơ mật (adj): Top secret; strictly confidential. An intensified form.
- Chỉ huy nhận được lệnh tối cơ mật. (The commander received a top-secret order.)
Synonyms
- Bí mật: Secret (more general).
- Tuyệt mật: Top secret, absolute secret.
- Mật: Secret, confidential (often in compounds).
Related Idioms
- Việc cơ mật: Secret affairs; confidential business.
- Ông ấy phụ trách những việc cơ mật của triều đình. (He was in charge of the confidential affairs of the court.)