细 meaning and pronunciation

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细 English definition

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

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Characters with the same pronunciation

  • : system
  • : cover' or 'conceal' radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 23); see also 匚[fang1];
  • : to rest;
  • : trick; drama; play; show; CL:出[chu1],場|场[chang3],臺|台[tai2];
  • : play
  • : name of a river;
  • : saline land; salt marsh;
  • : to glare at;
  • : semi-annual ceremony of purification;
  • : to connect; to relate to; to fasten; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary);
  • : system
  • : coarse hempen fabric;
  • : giggle; scatter;
  • : shoe; slipper;
  • : terrified;
  • : sad (old);
  • : shame; disgrace;
  • : red; scarlet;
  • : place name;
  • : (arch.) metal horn attached as shield to horse or to the axle of a chariot;
  • : silicon;
  • : to engrave or carve, as a block for printing;
  • : to argue; to quarrel;
  • : crack; crevice; gap or interval; loophole; discord; rift;
  • : grain ration; sacrificial victim;

Sentences examples with 细

  • 关于这个问题,后面我还会详细说。
    Guānyú zhège wèntí, hòumiàn wǒ hái huì xiángxì shuō.
  • 她做的计划非常详细。
    Tā zuò de jìhuà fēicháng xiángxì.
  • 她做事十分仔细。
    Tā zuòshì shí fēn zǐxì.

Words containing 细, by HSK level