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细

xì

HSK 4 Character Traditional 細

What 细 means

1. thin or slender
2. finely particulate
3. thin and soft
4. fine
5. delicate
6. trifling
7. (of a sound) quiet
8. frugal

Example sentences

• 仔细看
  Zǐxì kàn
  Look closely.
• 仔细听着。
  Listen carefully.
• 你好细心。
  You're so attentive.
• 你真细心。
  You're so caring.
• 请仔细洗牌。
  Qǐng zǐxì xǐpái.
  Please shuffle the cards carefully.
• 汤姆仔细听。
  Tom listened carefully.

Words starting with 细

• 细节xì jiédetails; particulars
• 细致xì zhìdelicate; fine; careful
• 细胞xì bāocell (biology)
• 细菌xì jūnbacterium; germ
• 细细xì xìattentive; careful
• 细心xì xīnmeticulous; careful; attentive
• 细腻xì nì(of skin etc) smooth; satiny; delicate; (of a performance, depiction, craftsmanship etc)…
• 细微xì wēitiny; minute; fine
• 细雨xì yǔfine rain; drizzle; poem by Tang poet Li Shangyin 李商隐
• 细小xì xiǎotiny; fine; minute
• 细看xì kànto peer; to scan; to examine carefully
• 细则xì zédetailed rules and regulations; bylaws
• 细长xì chángslender
• 细分xì fēnto divide (into subgroups etc); to break down (into subcategories, subprocesses etc)
• 细语xì yǔto chat with a low voice
• 细说xì shuōto tell in detail
• 细碎xì suìfragments; bits and pieces
• 细密xì mìfine (texture); meticulous; careful; detailed
• 细化xì huàto give a more granular level of detail; to elaborate; to refine
• 细嫩xì nèntender
• 细腰xì yāoslender waist; fig. pretty woman; mortise and tenon joint on a coffin
• 细软xì ruǎnfine and soft; valuables
• 细菌战xì jūn zhànbiological warfare; germ warfare
• 细沙xì shāfine sand

Words containing 细

• 仔细zǐ xìcareful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out; (dialect) thrifty; frugal
• 详细xiáng xìdetailed; in detail; minute
• 精打细算jīng dǎ xì suànmeticulous planning and careful accounting (idiom)
• 精细jīng xìfine; meticulous; careful
• 纤细xiān xìfine; slim; tender
• 底细dǐ xìinside information; the ins and outs of the matter; how things stand
• 粗细cū xìthick and thin; coarse and fine; thickness (caliber)
• 明细míng xìclear and detailed; definite; details (are as follows:)
• 干细胞gàn xì bāostem cell
• 脑细胞nǎo xì bāobrain cell
• 癌细胞ái xì bāocancer cell
• 心细xīn xìcareful; scrupulous
• 亚细亚Yà xì yàAsia
• 白细胞bái xì bāowhite blood cell; leukocyte
• 事无巨细shì wú jù xìlit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom)…
• 备细bèi xìdetails; particulars
• 过细guò xìextremely careful; meticulous; overattentive
• 亚细安Yà xì ān(Singapore, Malaysia) ASEAN
• 明细表míng xì biǎoschedule; subsidiary ledger; a detailed list
• 极细小jí xì xiǎoextremely small; infinitesimal
• 中亚细亚Zhōng Yà xì yàCentral Asia
• 亚细亚洲Yà xì yà ZhōuAsia
• 低声细语dī shēng xì yǔin a whisper; in a low voice (idiom)
• 小亚细亚Xiǎo Yà xì yàAsia Minor; Anatolia

Characters built on 田

These share the phonetic component 田 (tián), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 里lǐlining; interior; inside
• 思sīto think; to consider
• 毗píto adjoin; to border on
• 畸jīlopsided; unbalanced; abnormal
• 畀bìto confer on; to give to
• 畿jīterritory around the capital
• 畦qísmall plot of farm land; Taiwan pr. xī

Characters that look like 细

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

• 知zhīto know; to be aware
• 纳nàto receive; to accept; to enjoy
• 汹xiōngtorrential rush; tumultuous
• 泗sìnasal mucus
• 畑tiánused in Japanese names with phonetic value hatake, bata etc…
• 纭yúnconfused; numerous

Sounds the same

Read xì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 戏trick; drama; play
• 系to connect; to relate to; to tie up
• 隙crack; crevice; gap or interval
• 潟saline land; salt marsh
• 阋to argue; to quarrel
• 舄shoe; slipper
• 盻to glare at
• 禊semiannual ceremony of purification
• 饩grain ration; sacrificial victim
• 虩terrified
• 匸"cover" or "conceal" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 23)…
• 㣟to go; to walk