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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• 体细胞(體細胞) somatic cell
• 不知底细(不知底細) unaware of details
• 细微末节(細微末節) tiny insignificant details; niceties
• 精打细算(精打細算) meticulous planning and careful accounting
• 慢工出细货(慢工出細貨) patient work makes a fine product
• 细姨(細姨) concubine
• 细胞骨架(細胞骨架) cytoskeleton (of a cell)
• 子细胞(子細胞) daughter cell
• 造血干细胞(造血幹細胞) blood generating stem cells (in bone marrow)
• 细致(細緻) delicate; fine ; careful; meticulous
• 细纹苇莺(細紋葦鶯) speckled reed warbler (Acrocephalus sorghophilus)
• 细胞毒(細胞毒) cytotoxin
• 细胞学(細胞學) cytology
• 细细地流(細細地流) to trickle
• 细嫩(細嫩) tender
• 细碎(細碎) fragments; bits and pieces
• 微细加工(微細加工) microminiature technology
• 挟细拿粗(挾細拿粗) to provoke
• 生殖细胞(生殖細胞) germ cell; reproductive cell
• 钜细靡遗(鉅細靡遺) not overlooking important and unimportant issues
• 细语(細語) to chat with a low voice
• 细胞器(細胞器) organelle
• 小亚细亚(小亞細亞) Asia minor; Anatolia
• 红细胞(紅細胞) erythrocyte; red blood cell
• 细别(細別) to distinguish in detail ; a minute difference
• 细颈瓶(細頸瓶) jug
• 细胞培养器(細胞培養器) cell cultivator
• 备细(備細) details; particulars
• 脑细胞(腦細胞) brain cell
• 奸细(奸細) a spy ; a cheat; a lowly character
• 明细(明細) clear and detailed
• 巨细胞病毒(巨細胞病毒) cytomegalovirus (CMV)
• 基底细胞癌(基底細胞癌) basal cell carcinoma
• 细叶脉(細葉脈) veinlet in a leaf
• 倾耳细听(傾耳細聽) to prick up one's ear and listen carefully
• 细胞毒性(細胞毒性) cytotoxicity
• 细尾獴(細尾獴) meerkat
• 白细胞(白細胞) white blood cell; leukocyte
• 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.
• 细菌(細菌) bacterial; virus; germ
• 明细表(明細表) schedule; subsidiary ledger; a detailed list
• 细粒(細粒) fine grain; fine-grained
• 毛细(毛細) capillary
• 细部(細部) small part (of a whole ensemble); detail
• 单细胞的微生物(單細胞的微生物) a single-celled microorganism
• 底细(底細) the inside story; inside information
• 轻声细语(輕聲細語) to speak softly; to whisper
• 细沙(細沙) fine sand
• 细胞核(細胞核) cell nucleus
• 极细小(極細小) extremely small; infinitesimal

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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
• 细行 (細行) 不矜細行 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 旅獒 Zhou Shu - Hounds of Lu — count: 2
• 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