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細

xì

fine, tiny; slender, thin

Strokes
11
Radical
糸
HSK
—
Tone
4

Simplified form: 细

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 细, the simplified form of 細. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 他的工作表现得很不细心。

    Tā de gōng zuò biǎo xiàn de hěn bù xì xīn

    His work showed carelessness.

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  • 细节成就伟大的想法。

    Xì jié chéng jiù wěi dà de xiǎng fǎ

    Great thoughts are created through intricate details.

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  • 我不必知道所有的细节。

    Wǒ bù bì zhī dào suǒ yǒu de xì jié

    I don't have to know all the details.

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  • 仔细听着。

    Zǐ xì tīng zhe

    Listen carefully.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 细

  • 仔细zǐ xì 3–4 careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out
  • 细节xì jié 4–2 details; particulars
  • 详细xiáng xì 2–4 detailed; in detail; minute
  • 细xì 4thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal
  • 细致xì zhì 4–4 delicate; fine; careful; meticulous; painstaking
  • 细胞xì bāo 4–1 cell (biology)
  • 细菌xì jūn 4–1 bacterium; germ
  • 精打细算jīng dǎ xì suàn 1–3–4–4meticulous planning and careful accounting (idiom)
  • 细心xì xīn 4–1 careful; attentive
  • 细腻xì nì 4–4 exquisite; meticulous
  • 细微xì wēi 4–1 tiny; minute; fine; subtle; sensitive (instruments)
  • 精细jīng xì 1–4 fine; meticulous; careful