细 (細) xì

1. xì adjective thin; slender
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Of thin objects (CC-CEDICT '細'; Guoyu '細' 1; Kroll 2015 '細' 1a, p. 489; Unihan '細')
2. xì adjective tiny; miniature
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: 细 is synonymous with 小 or 微 in this sense. Etymology: 細：微也。(CC-CEDICT '細'; Guoyu '細' adj 1; Shuo Wen; Kroll 2015 '細' 1, p. 489; Unihan '細')
3. xì adjective trifling
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '細'; Guoyu '細' adj 5; Kroll 2015 '細' 4, p. 489)
4. xì adjective tender; delicate
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: 细 is synonymous with 柔嫩 in this sense (CC-CEDICT '細'; Guoyu '細' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '細' 2, p. 489)
5. xì adverb carefully; attentively; cautiously
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: 细 is synonymous with 仔细 or 详细 in this sense (Guoyu '細' adv 2; Kroll 2015 '細' 4, p. 489)
6. xì noun wild ginger
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: As in 細辛 (Kroll 2015 '細' 1b, p. 489)
7. xì adjective detailed; precise
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '細'; Guoyu '細' adj 4; Kroll 2015 '細' 2a, p. 489)
8. xì adverb particularly; nicely
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '細' 3, p. 489)
9. xì adjective soft [sound]
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '細'; Kroll 2015 '細' 6, p. 489)
10. xì adjective refined; elegant
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '細' adj 3)
11. xì adjective young
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '細' 7, p. 489)

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• 细分(細分) a subdivision; a segment
• 氰基细菌(氰基細菌) cyanobacteria
• 性细胞(性細胞) sexual cell; germline cell; gamete
• 细香葱(細香蔥) chive
• 底细(底細) the inside story; inside information
• 粗细(粗細) thickness; thick and thin; coarse and fine
• 细微(細微) slight; subtle; tiny; minute; fine; subtle; sensitive
• 精细(精細) fine; delicate ; meticulous; careful ; clear minded
• 嗜酸性粒细胞(嗜酸性粒細胞) eosinophil (type of white blood cell)
• 单细胞生物(單細胞生物) single-celled organism
• 单细胞(單細胞) single-celled (organism); unicellular
• 树突状细胞(樹突狀細胞) dendritic cell
• 食不厌精脍不厌细(食不厭精膾不厭細) He did not dislike to have his rice finely cleaned, nor to have his mince meat cut quite small.
• 细化管理(細化管理) micromanagement
• 事无巨细(事無巨細) things are not separated according to their size
• 小吞噬细胞(小吞噬細胞) microphage (a type of white blood cell)
• 细线(細線) string; thread
• 细数(細數) countdown; breakdown; to list; to enumerate; to run through
• 细姨(細姨) concubine
• 鳞状细胞癌(鱗狀細胞癌) squamous cell carcinoma
• 造血干细胞(造血幹細胞) blood generating stem cells (in bone marrow)
• 细胞毒(細胞毒) cytotoxin
• 镰状细胞血症(鐮狀細胞血症) sickle cell anemia
• 细胞外液(細胞外液) extracellular fluid
• 细心(細心) careful; attentive
• 慢工出细货(慢工出細貨) patient work makes a fine product
• 红细胞(紅細胞) erythrocyte; red blood cell
• 细节(細節) details; particulars
• 细胞(細胞) cell
• 细颈瓶(細頸瓶) jug
• 轻声细语(輕聲細語) to speak softly; to whisper
• 细菌性痢疾(細菌性痢疾) bacillary dysentery
• 细菌(細菌) bacterial; virus; germ
• 细润(細潤) fine and glossy
• 视杆细胞(視桿細胞) rod cell
• 潇潇细雨(瀟瀟細雨) the sound of light rain or drizzle
• 细纹苇莺(細紋葦鶯) speckled reed warbler (Acrocephalus sorghophilus)
• 细胞骨架(細胞骨架) cytoskeleton (of a cell)
• 细胞培养(細胞培養) cell culture
• 钜细靡遗(鉅細靡遺) not overlooking important and unimportant issues
• 细沙(細沙) fine sand
• 子细(子細) careful; attentive; cautious
• 细胞因子(細胞因子) cytokine
• 单核细胞增多症(單核細胞增多症) mononucleosis
• 细粉(細粉) powder
• 中性粒细胞(中性粒細胞) neutrophil (the most common type of white blood cell)
• 奸细(奸細) a spy ; a cheat; a lowly character
• 子细胞(子細胞) daughter cell
• 详细内容(詳細內容) detailed content

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• 周語下 Discourses of Zhou III Guoyu 國語 — count: 26
• 第四十二回 Chapter 42 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 15
• 地員第五十八 Chapter 58: Land Officials Guanzi 管子 — count: 14
• 第二回 Chapter 74 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 14
• 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 14
• 第二回 Chapter 116 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 13
• 卷一百四十三 志第九十六 儀衞一 Volume 143 Treatises 96: Ceremonial Guards 1 History of Song 宋史 — count: 12
• Daode Jing 《道德經》 Daode Jing 道德經 — count: 11
• 卷十一 Scroll 11 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 10
• 第二回 Chapter 41 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 9

Collocations

• 细民 (細民) 大臣苦法而細民惡治也 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 和氏第十三 Chapter 13: Mr. He — count: 19
• 细柳 (細柳) 居細柳 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝文本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowen Emperor — count: 10
• 细人 (細人) 細人之愛人也以姑息 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《檀弓上》 Tan Gong I — count: 9
• 细过 (細過) 久怨細過 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 用人第二十七 Chapter 27: Using People — count: 6
• 军细 (軍細) 軍細柳 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《漢興以來將相名臣年表》 Yearly Table of Statesmen, Generals and Officials since the Han Dynasty's Founding — count: 3
• 细阳 (細陽) 益食嬰細陽千戶 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《樊酈滕灌列傳》 Biographies of Fan, Li, Teng and Guan — count: 3
• 细君 (細君) 歸遺細君 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六十五 東方朔傳 Volume 65: Dongfang Shuo — count: 2
• 婴细 (嬰細) 益食嬰細陽千戶 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《樊酈滕灌列傳》 Biographies of Fan, Li, Teng and Guan — count: 2
• 弃细 (棄細) 親與朕俱棄細過 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝文本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowen Emperor — count: 2
• 掩细 (掩細) 掩細柳 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru — count: 2