fine, tiny; slender, thin

HSK 4 #597

DEFINITIONS

细 xì
  • thin or slender
  • finely particulate
  • thin and soft
  • fine
  • delicate
  • trifling
  • (of a sound) quiet
  • frugal

STROKES

WORDS

事无巨 shì wú jù xì lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom); fig. to deal with any matter, regardless of its importance
亚 yà xì yà Asia
长 xì cháng slender
则 xì zé detailed rules and regulations; bylaws
胞核 xì bāo hé nucleus (of cell)
淋巴胞 lín bā xì bāo lymphocyte
míng xì clear and detailed; definite; details (are as follows:)
雨 xì yǔ fine rain; drizzle; poem by Tang poet Li Shangyin 李商隱|李商隐
枝末节 xì zhī mò jié minor details; trifles
看 xì kàn to peer; to scan; to examine carefully
胞 lì xì bāo granulocyte
胞 tǐ xì bāo somatic cell
jù xì big and small
cū xì thick and thin; coarse and fine; thickness (caliber); coarseness; quality of work
嫩 xì nèn tender
沙 xì shā fine sand
分 xì fēn subdivision; segmentation
化 xì huà to give a more granular level of detail; to elaborate; to refine; to become more differentiated
密 xì mì fine (texture); meticulous; close (analysis); detailed
水长流 xì shuǐ cháng liú lit. thin streams flow forever; fig. economy will get you a long way; to work steadily at something little by little
目 xì mù detailed listing; specific item
碎 xì suì fragments; bits and pieces
胞膜 xì bāo mó cell membrane
菌战 xì jūn zhàn biological warfare; germ warfare
xīn xì careful; scrupulous