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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
xì | xi4
English translation
thin or slender
finely particulate
thin and soft
fine
delicate
trifling
(of a sound) quiet
frugal
fine, detailed; slender, thin

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

silk

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

纟田

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Tián

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Tián represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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zhè běn Shū 所有 suǒyǒu de 插图 chā tú dōu Jiā tiē 仔细 zǐxì ,现在 xiànzài dōu 开始 kāishǐ tuō le .

All the pictures in the book were tipped in carelessly and are beginning to come loose.

这个 zhè ge mèng 一般 yībān de 夙愿 sù yuàn shì 细腻 xì nì de 笔法 bǐ fǎ 描绘 miáohuì chū 来的.

This cherished fantasy is embellished with minute detail.

克罗伊 dūn 公爵 gōng jué 仔细 zǐxì 察看 chá kàn zhāo Zhāng tān kāi de āi Suǒ 公路 gōng lù .

The Duke of Croydon proed over an opened Esso road map.

外面 wài miàn xià zhāo 毛毛细雨, 天气 tiānqì yòu Lěng yòu 湿 shī ,令人 lìng rén 难受 nánshòu .

It was drizzling, and miserably cold and damp.

能否 néng fǒu wéi 详细 xiángxì 解说 jiě shuō guì 中心 zhōngxīn de 各项服务 fú wù ?

Can you break down what kind of services you have here?

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
细胞 xìbāo cell (biology)細胞
仔细 zǐxì careful仔細
细节 xìjié details細節
详细 xiángxì detailed詳細
fine
细菌 xìjūn germ細菌
细致 xìzhì delicate細緻
细心 xì xīn careful細心
细腻 xì nì exquisite細膩
干细胞 gàn xì bāo stem cell幹細胞
细则 xì zé bylaws細則
细微 xì wēi tiny細微
精细 jīng xì fine精細
白细胞 bái xì bāo leukocyte白細胞
细小 xì xiǎo tiny細小
红细胞 hóng xì bāo erythrocyte紅細胞
癌细胞 aí xì bāo cancer cell癌細胞
淋巴细胞 lín bā xì bāo lymphocyte淋巴細胞
底细 dǐ xì inside information底細
细分 xì fēn subdivision細分
纤细 xiān xì fine纖細
粒细胞 lì xì bāo granulocyte粒細胞
细雨 xì yǔ fine rain細雨
神经细胞 shén jīng xì bāo nerve cell神經細胞
奸细 jiān xi a spy奸細

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Decomposition

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