悄悄咪咪 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

qiāoqiāomīmī

stealthily

qiāo silent

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 肖 represents the sound.

忄 Meaning component

xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

肖 Sound component

xiào look like

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	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese
Zhengzhang		sʰewʔ
Unicode	tsiɛ̌u

憂也。从心肖聲。《詩》曰：“憂心悄悄。”

Phonosemantic compound. 口 represents the meaning and 米 represents the sound.

口 Meaning component

kǒu, kou mouth

米 Sound component

mǐ rice