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细
細
xì
1.
thin or slender
2.
finely particulate
3.
thin and soft
4.
fine
5.
delicate
6.
trifling
7.
(of a sound) quiet
8.
frugal
Very Common • Top 1%
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
仔细
zǐxì
careful
备细
bèixì
details
奸细
jiānxi
a spy
子细
zǐxì
variant of [[仔細|仔细<zǐxì>]]
尖细
jiānxì
taper
巨细
jùxì
big and small
底细
dǐxì
inside information
微细
wēixì
microminiature (technology)
心细
xīnxì
careful
明细
míngxì
clear and detailed
毛细
máoxì
capillary
琐细
suǒxì
trivial
粗细
cūxì
thick and thin
精细
jīngxì
fine
细微
xìwēi
tiny
细作
xìzuò
police spy
细分
xìfēn
subdivision
细则
xìzé
detailed rules and regulations
细姨
xìyí
concubine
细嫩
xìnèn
tender
Example Sentences (1)
在暖和、水分比较多的地方，叶子往往长得又大又厚；在阳光特别厉害、水分少的地方，叶子就会长得又细又长。
Zài nuǎnhuo, shuǐfèn bǐjiào duō de dìfāng, yèzi wǎngwǎng zhǎng de yòu dà yòu hòu; zài yángguāng tèbié lìhai, shuǐfèn shǎo de dìfāng, yèzi jiù huì zhǎng de yòu xì yòu cháng.
In warm, wetter places, leaves often grow big and thick; in places with especially strong sunlight and little moisture, leaves grow thin and long.
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 4
- Character Frequency Rank
- 596
- Word Frequency Rank
- 1,249 of 84,292