细 (細) xì
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adjective
thin / slender
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Of thin objects (Unihan '細') -
adjective
trifling
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Comparison 比较
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adjective
tiny / miniature
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale 规模
Notes: 细 is synonymous with 小 or 微 in this sense. Etymology: 細：微也。(Shuo Wen; Unihan '細') -
adjective
tender / delicate
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: 细 is synonymous with 柔嫩 in this sense. -
adverb
carefully / attentively / cautiously
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: 细 is synonymous with 仔细 or 详细 in this sense.
Contained in
- 详细(詳細) detailed ; careful
- 细胞(細胞) cell
- 濛濛细雨(濛濛細雨) fine misty rain
- 仔细(仔細) careful / attentive / cautious ; meticulous ; thrifty
- 明细(明細) clear and detailed
- 细致(細緻) delicate / fine ; careful / meticulous
- 毛细(毛細) capillary
- 细节(細節) details / particulars
- 细心(細心) careful / attentive
- 细菌(細菌) bacterial / virus / germ
- 细长(細長) slender
- 精细(精細) fine / delicate ; perceptive / astute / meticulous / careful
- 粗细(粗細) thickness / thick and thin / coarse and fine
- 精打细算(精打細算) meticulous planning and careful accounting
- 细小(細小) tiny
- 细化(細化) to refine
- 细微(細微) slight / subtle / tiny / minute / fine / subtle / sensitive
- 纤细(纖細) fine / slim / tender
- 细腻(細膩) exquisite / meticulous
- 细看(細看) to look over carefully / to scrutinize
- 奸细(奸細) a spy / a treacherous person
- 底细(底細) the inside story / inside information
- 详细度(詳細度) level of detail
- 细布(細布) cambric
- 细分(細分) a subdivision / a segment
- 细颗粒物(細顆粒物) fine particle (PM 2.5) / fine particulate matter
- 细胞融合(細胞融合) cell fusion
- 详细内容(詳細內容) detailed content
- 微细(微細) very small
- 心细(心細) careful / scrupulous
- 巨细(巨細) big and small
- 细毛(細毛) fuzz / fine fur (of marten etc)
- 细说(細說) to tell in detail
- 细雨(細雨) fine rain / drizzle ; Drizzle
- 细语(細語) to chat with a low voice
- 微细戒(微細戒) the very minor precepts
- 轻声细语(輕聲細語) to speak softly / to whisper
- 细碎(細碎) fragments / bits and pieces
- 钜细靡遗(鉅細靡遺) not overlooking important and unimportant issues
- 细腰(細腰) slender waist / pretty woman ; mortise and tenon joint on a coffin
- 细数(細數) countdown / breakdown / to list / to enumerate / to run through
- 细部(細部) small part (of a whole ensemble) / detail
- 细沙(細沙) fine sand
- 细作(細作) police spy / secret agent
- 神经细胞(神經細胞) nerve cell / neuron
Also contained in
事不厌细 、 极细尘 、 三细六粗 、 三细 、 三细六麁 、 细兰
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 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
- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — 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
- 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
- 《卷十四‧糸部》 Scroll 14, Mì Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — count: 10
- 卷十一 Scroll 11 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 10
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: 17
- 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: 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
- 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
- 细德 (細德) 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
- 细书 (細書) 而不可以細書 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十七 說林訓 Chapter 17: A Forest of Persuasion — count: 2