细 (細) xì
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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') -
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') -
xì
adjective
trifling
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '細'; Guoyu '細' adj 5; Kroll 2015 '細' 4, p. 489) -
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) -
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) -
xì
noun
wild ginger
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 細辛 (Kroll 2015 '細' 1b, p. 489) -
xì
adjective
detailed; precise
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '細'; Guoyu '細' adj 4; Kroll 2015 '細' 2a, p. 489) -
xì
adverb
particularly; nicely
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '細' 3, p. 489) -
xì
adjective
soft [sound]
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '細'; Kroll 2015 '細' 6, p. 489) -
xì
adjective
refined; elegant
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '細' adj 3) -
xì
adjective
young
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '細' 7, p. 489)
Contained in
- 细叶脉(細葉脈) veinlet in a leaf
- 红细胞(紅細胞) erythrocyte; red blood cell
- 粒白细胞(粒白細胞) white granulocyte (blood cell)
- 细胞破碎(細胞破碎) (biotechnology) cell disruption
- 巨噬细胞(巨噬細胞) macrophage
- 细雨(細雨) fine rain; drizzle ; Drizzle
- 微细(微細) very small
- 细士(細士) a shallow character
- 细则(細則) detailed rules and regulations; bylaws
- 毛细血管(毛細血管) capillary blood vessels
- 细毛(細毛) fuzz; fine fur (of marten etc)
- 细嫩(細嫩) tender
- 细胞学(細胞學) cytology
- 细胞壁(細胞壁) cell wall
- 细碎(細碎) fragments; bits and pieces
- 燃料元件细棒(燃料元件細棒) fuel pins
- 细胞(細胞) cell
- 卵母细胞(卵母細胞) egg cell
- 单细胞的微生物(單細胞的微生物) a single-celled microorganism
- 倾耳细听(傾耳細聽) to prick up one's ear and listen carefully
- 细线(細線) string; thread
- 细长(細長) slender
- 嗜碱性粒细胞(嗜鹼性粒細胞) basophil granulocytes (rarest type of white blood cell)
- 中亚细亚(中亞細亞) Central Asia
- 细化(細化) to refine
- 细看(細看) to look over carefully; to scrutinize
- 细胞色素(細胞色素) cytochrome
- 细润(細潤) fine and glossy
- 细颈瓶(細頸瓶) jug
- 干细胞(幹細胞) stem cell
- 慢工出细货(慢工出細貨) patient work makes a fine product
- 微细戒(微細戒) the very minor precepts
- 体细胞(體細胞) somatic cell
- 巨细胞病毒(巨細胞病毒) cytomegalovirus (CMV)
- 细微末节(細微末節) tiny insignificant details; niceties
- 氰基细菌(氰基細菌) cyanobacteria
- 细香葱(細香蔥) chive
- 细大不捐(細大不捐) not to discard anything, whether small or big; all-embracing
- 钱债细故(錢債細故) cash debt is a trivial issue
- 视杆细胞(視桿細胞) rod cell
- 备细(備細) details; particulars
- 深耕细作(深耕細作) deep plowing and careful cultivation
- 内细胞团(內細胞團) inner cell mass (ICM)
- 巨细胞病毒视网膜炎(巨細胞病毒視網膜炎) cytomegalovirus retinitis, a disease of the retina that can lead to blindness; CMV retinitis
- 潇潇细雨(瀟瀟細雨) the sound of light rain or drizzle
- 细嘴短趾百灵(細嘴短趾百靈) Hume's short-toed lark (Calandrella acutirostris)
- 小吞噬细胞(小吞噬細胞) microphage (a type of white blood cell)
- 粒细胞(粒細胞) granulocyte
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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
- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 14
- 第二回 Chapter 74 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — 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 120 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
- 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
- 遗细 (遺細) 誅惡而不得遺細大 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷四 王道第六 Scroll 4 — count: 3
- 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
- 见细 (見細) 見細德之險 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《屈原賈生列傳》 Biographies of Qu Yuan and Master Jia — count: 2
- 细大 (細大) 誅惡而不得遺細大 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷四 王道第六 Scroll 4 — 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