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
- 细菌性痢疾(細菌性痢疾) bacillary dysentery
- 细嘴黄鹂(細嘴黃鸝) slender-billed oriole (Oriolus tenuirostris)
- 细作(細作) police spy; secret agent
- 多细胞(多細胞) multicellular
- 细沙(細沙) fine sand
- 精细(精細) fine; delicate ; meticulous; careful ; clear minded
- 脑细胞(腦細胞) brain cell
- 细胞破碎(細胞破碎) (biotechnology) cell disruption
- 红细胞沉降率(紅細胞沉降率) erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
- 燃料元件细棒(燃料元件細棒) fuel pins
- 树状细胞(樹狀細胞) dendritic cell
- 细辛(細辛) Manchurian wild ginger
- 细粒(細粒) fine grain; fine-grained
- 细磨刀石(細磨刀石) whetstone (for honing knives)
- 细润(細潤) fine and glossy
- 极细小(極細小) extremely small; infinitesimal
- 细叶脉(細葉脈) veinlet in a leaf
- 琐细(瑣細) trivial
- 细毛(細毛) fuzz; fine fur (of marten etc)
- 小吞噬细胞(小吞噬細胞) microphage (a type of white blood cell)
- 单核细胞(單核細胞) monocyte; mononuclear cell
- 细枝末节(細枝末節) minor details; trifles
- 细姨(細姨) concubine
- 细胞学(細胞學) cytology
- 细士(細士) a shallow character
- 毛细(毛細) capillary
- 间充质干细胞(間充質幹細胞) mesenchymal stem cell MSC (in cell biology)
- 单细胞(單細胞) single-celled (organism); unicellular
- 类鼻疽单细胞(類鼻疽單細胞) Pseudomonas pseudomallei
- 精雕细刻(精雕細刻) fine sculpting; to work with extreme care and precision
- 细香葱(細香蔥) chive
- 慢工出细货(慢工出細貨) patient work makes a fine product
- 子细(子細) careful; attentive; cautious
- 细目(細目) detailed listing; specific item
- 红细胞(紅細胞) erythrocyte; red blood cell
- 细水长流(細水長流) thin streams flow forever; economy will get you a long way
- 细软(細軟) soft; fine and soft ; valuables
- 单细胞的微生物(單細胞的微生物) a single-celled microorganism
- 细胞因子(細胞因子) cytokine
- 生殖细胞(生殖細胞) germ cell; reproductive cell
- 细菌群(細菌群) bacterial community (e.g. in the gut)
- 视杆细胞(視桿細胞) rod cell
- 细胞周期(細胞周期) cell cycle
- 倾耳细听(傾耳細聽) to prick up one's ear and listen carefully
- 细挑(細挑) slender
- 深耕细作(深耕細作) deep plowing and careful cultivation
- 粒白细胞(粒白細胞) white granulocyte (blood cell)
- 细微(細微) slight; subtle; tiny; minute; fine; subtle; sensitive
- 细心(細心) careful; attentive
- 嗜碱性粒细胞(嗜鹼性粒細胞) basophil granulocytes (rarest type of white blood cell)
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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
- 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
- 地員第五十八 Chapter 58: Land Officials Guanzi 管子 — 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 令细 (令細) 今令細民操造弊之勢 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 4 — count: 2
- 细要 (細要) 昔者楚靈王好士細要 — Mozi 墨子, 卷四 兼愛中 Book 4 - Universal Love II — 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