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
- 单细胞生物(單細胞生物) single-celled organism
- 大吞噬细胞(大吞噬細胞) macrophage
- 细目(細目) detailed listing; specific item
- 单核细胞增多症(單核細胞增多症) mononucleosis
- 细沙(細沙) fine sand
- 细纹苇莺(細紋葦鶯) speckled reed warbler (Acrocephalus sorghophilus)
- 细调(細調) to fine tune
- 白细胞(白細胞) white blood cell; leukocyte
- 细菌(細菌) bacterial; virus; germ
- 潇潇细雨(瀟瀟細雨) the sound of light rain or drizzle
- 脑细胞(腦細胞) brain cell
- 原核细胞(原核細胞) prokaryote; prokaryotic cell
- 蓝细菌(藍細菌) Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
- 备细(備細) details; particulars
- 细胞膜(細胞膜) cell membrane
- 事无巨细(事無巨細) things are not separated according to their size
- 细胞(細胞) cell
- 许旺细胞(許旺細胞) Schwann cell (support axon of nerve cell); neurolemmocyte
- 细胞外液(細胞外液) extracellular fluid
- 子细胞(子細胞) daughter cell
- 琐细(瑣細) trivial
- 视锥细胞(視锥細胞) cone cell
- 多细胞(多細胞) multicellular
- 五岭逶迤腾细浪(五嶺逶迤騰細浪) Wuling Mountains winding like rippling rills
- 中性粒细胞(中性粒細胞) neutrophil (the most common type of white blood cell)
- 细语(細語) to chat with a low voice
- 精打细算(精打細算) meticulous planning and careful accounting
- 内细胞团(內細胞團) inner cell mass (ICM)
- 细水长流(細水長流) thin streams flow forever; economy will get you a long way
- 生殖细胞(生殖細胞) germ cell; reproductive cell
- 淋巴细胞(淋巴細胞) lymphocyte
- 细胞破碎(細胞破碎) (biotechnology) cell disruption
- 细细品味(細細品味) to savor; to relish
- 细究(細究) to look into (a matter)
- 细化管理(細化管理) micromanagement
- 神经细胞(神經細胞) nerve cell; neuron
- 细胞因子(細胞因子) cytokine
- 细辛(細辛) Manchurian wild ginger
- 细化(細化) to refine
- 仔细(仔細) careful; attentive; cautious ; meticulous ; thrifty
- 精雕细刻(精雕細刻) fine sculpting; to work with extreme care and precision
- 细挑(細挑) slender
- 多形核白细胞(多形核白細胞) polymorphonuclear leukocyte
- 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
- 奸细(奸細) a spy ; a cheat; a lowly character
- 树状细胞(樹狀細胞) dendritic cell
- 细胞毒性(細胞毒性) cytotoxicity
- 毛细(毛細) capillary
- 粗细(粗細) thickness; thick and thin; coarse and fine
- 细磨刀石(細磨刀石) whetstone (for honing knives)
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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
- 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 14
- 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
- 卷十一 Scroll 11 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 10
- 《卷十四‧糸部》 Scroll 14, Mì Radical Shuo Wen Jie Zi 說文解字 — 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
- 细万物 (細萬物) 細萬物 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷七 精神訓 Chapter 7: Spirit — count: 2
- 细谨 (細謹) 大行不顧細謹 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《項羽本紀》 Annals of Xiang Yu — count: 2
- 在细 (在細) 雖在細民 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 2 — 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