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详

xiáng

HSK 4 Character Traditional 詳

What 详 means

1. detailed
2. comprehensive

Example sentences

• 愿闻其详。
  Yuànwénqíxiáng.
  Please elaborate.
• 请详细地解释。
  Please explain in detail.
• 我们会后详谈。
  We'll talk about this in detail later.
• 我要更多详细的讯息。
  I want more detailed information.
• 我下周会详细说明的。
  I'll explain it in detail next week.
• 他为我做了详细说明。
  He explained it to me in detail.

Words starting with 详

• 详细xiáng xìdetailed; in detail; minute
• 详情xiáng qíngdetails; particulars
• 详尽xiáng jìnthorough and detailed; exhaustive; the tedious details in full
• 详解xiáng jiěto explain in detail; detailed answer; full solution (to a math problem)
• 详见xiáng jiànfor further details, refer to
• 详实xiáng shídetailed and reliable; full and accurate
• 详述xiáng shùto recount
• 详备xiáng bèidetailed
• 详和xiáng héserene; calm
• 详密xiáng mìdetailed; meticulous
• 详略xiáng lüèconcise; the details in brief
• 详尽无遗xiáng jìn wú yíexhaustive; thorough
• 详梦xiáng mèngto analyze dreams (for fortune-telling)

Words containing 详

• 安详ān xiángserene
• 端详duān xiángfull details; full particulars
• 耳熟能详ěr shú néng xiángwhat's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom)
• 不详bù xiángnot in detail; not quite clear
• 内详nèi xiángname and address of the sender enclosed; details inside
• 推详tuī xiángto study in detail
• 未详wèi xiángunknown; unclear
• 作者不详zuò zhě bù xiángauthor unknown
• 作者未详zuò zhě wèi xiángauthor unspecified
• 周详zhōu xiángmeticulous; thorough; comprehensive
• 愿闻其详yuàn wén qí xiángI'd like to hear the details
• 语焉不详yǔ yān bù xiángto mention sth without elaborating (idiom); not giving details
• 参详cān xiángto collate and examine critically (texts etc)

Characters built on 羊

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

• 祥xiángauspicious; propitious
• 翔xiángto soar; to glide; variant of 详
• 羟qiǎnghydroxyl (radical)
• 羌qiāngmuntjac; grammar particle indicating nonsense (classical)
• 庠xiáng(archaic) a school

Characters that look like 详

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

• 评píngto discuss; to comment; to criticize
• 译yìto translate; to interpret
• 诗shīpoem; poetry; verse
• 诱yòu(literary) to induce; to entice
• 咩miēthe bleating of sheep; final particle which transforms statements into questions that…
• 哞mōumoo (sound made by cow)

Sounds the same

Read xiáng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 祥auspicious; propitious
• 翔to soar; to glide; variant of 详
• 降to surrender; to capitulate; to subdue; to conquer; to tame
• 庠(archaic) a school
• 夅old variant of 降