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纤

xiān

HSK 6 Character Traditional 纖

What 纤 means

1. fine
2. delicate
3. minute

Other readings

纤 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• qiànboatman's tow-rope

Example sentences

• 你要吃多点含膳食纤维的食物。
  Nǐ yào chī duō diǎn hán shànshí xiānwéi de shíwù.
  You need to eat more fiber.
• 挑选少油、少糖、少盐和高纤的食物。
  Tiāoxuǎn shǎo yóu, shǎo táng, shǎo yán hé gāo xiān de shíwù.
  Pick food that are less in oil, sugar, salt and foods with high fibre.

Words starting with 纤

• 纤维xiān wéifiber
• 纤细xiān xìfine; slim; tender
• 纤纤xiān xiānslim; slender
• 纤弱xiān ruòfragile; delicate
• 纤维素xiān wéi sùcellulose
• 纤夫qiàn fūburlak (barge hauler)
• 纤道qiàn dàotowpath (along a canal)
• 纤密xiān mìclose; fine; intricate
• 纤小xiān xiǎofine; delicate
• 纤巧xiān qiǎodelicate; dainty
• 纤度xiān dùfiber fineness (usu. measured in terms of linear mass density)
• 纤微xiān wēislight; slim
• 纤悉xiān xīdetailed; fine and meticulous
• 纤手xiān shǒudelicate hands; woman's tender and soft hands
• 纤柔xiān róudelicate; fine
• 纤毛xiān máocilium
• 纤美xiān měiexquisite; delicate and beautiful
• 纤薄xiān bóvery thin; delicate
• 纤体xiān tǐto get a slender figure; slimming
• 纤维状xiān wéi zhuàngfibrous
• 纤维胶xiān wéi jiāoviscose
• 纤悉无遗xiān xī wú yídetailed and nothing left out (idiom); meticulous and comprehensive; not missing an iota
• 纤维蛋白xiān wéi dàn báifibrous protein
• 纤毛动力蛋白xiān máo dòng lì dàn báiciliary dynein protein

Words containing 纤

• 光纤guāng xiānoptical fiber; fiber optics
• 化纤huà xiānman-made fiber (abbr. for 化学纤维
• 玻纤bō xiānfiberglass; glass fiber (abbr. for 玻璃纤维
• 原纤维yuán xiān wéi(anatomy) fibril
• 古纤道Gǔ Qiàn dàoOld Towpath along the Grand Canal in Zhejiang Province
• 碳纤维tàn xiān wéicarbon fiber
• 高纤维gāo xiān wéihigh fiber
• 中间纤维zhōng jiān xiān wéiintermediate filament
• 人造纤维rén zào xiān wéiman-made fiber
• 光导纤维guāng dǎo xiān wéioptical fiber
• 光纤接口guāng xiān jiē kǒuoptical interface
• 化学纤维huà xué xiān wéiman-made fiber
• 合成纤维hé chéng xiān wéisynthetic fiber
• 单模光纤dān mó guāng xiānsingle-mode optical fiber
• 多模光纤duō mó guāng xiānmultimode fiber
• 天然纤维tiān rán xiān wéinatural fiber
• 玻璃纤维bō lí xiān wéifiberglass; glass fiber
• 碳链纤维tàn liàn xiān wéicarbon chain fiber
• 神经纤维shén jīng xiān wéi(anatomy) nerve fiber
• 神经原纤维shén jīng yuán xiān wéi(anatomy) neurofibril
• 中密度纤维板zhōng mì dù xiān wéi bǎnmedium-density fiberboard (MDF); abbr. to 中纤板
• 光纤电缆guāng xiān diàn lǎnoptical fiber; optical cable
• 肌纤维jī xiān wéimuscle fiber
• 肌原纤维jī yuán xiān wéi(anatomy) myofibril

Characters that look like 纤

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 针zhēnneedle; pin; injection
• 奸jiānwicked; crafty; traitor
• 肝gānliver; (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing…
• 忏chàn(bound form) to feel remorse; (bound form) scripture read to atone for sb's sins…
• 纾shūabundant; ample; at ease
• 忤wǔdisobedient; unfilial

Sounds the same

Read xiān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 先beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now
• 鲜fresh; bright (in color); delicious
• 仙immortal
• 掀to lift (a lid); to rock; to convulse
• 暹sunrise
• 酰acid radical; -acyl (chemistry)
• 秈common rice
• 氙xenon (chemistry)
• 锨shovel
• 跹to manner of dancing; to walk around
• 祆Ahura Mazda, the creator deity in Zoroastrianism
• 籼long-grained rice; same as 秈