fine; thin or slender; delicate

HSK 4 #597

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 597th character
Radical ⽷ (120.5)
Strokes 8
Index # 1340
TRADITIONAL

Definitions

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

Stroke order

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Words containing 细

Word Meaning
cytology
cytotoxin
cytotoxicity
cell biology
(biotechnology) cell disruption
cytochrome
cell fusion
cytoskeleton (of a cell)
slender waist; fig. pretty woman
bacillary dysentery
biological weapon (using germs)
virus that infects bacteria; bacteriophage
bacterial community (e.g. in the gut)
veinlet in a leaf
to fine tune
Manchurian wild ginger (family Asarum)
jug
fine particulate matter (air pollution etc)
chive
table salt; refined salt
Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
Schwann cell (support axon of nerve cell); neurolemmocyte
to speak softly; to whisper (idiom)
to speak softly
blood generating stem cells (in bone marrow)