細心

See also: 细心

Chinese

	fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender	heart; mind
trad. (細心)	細	心
simp. (细心)	细	心
anagram	心細／心细

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìxīn

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ sam¹
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): se-sîm

(Hailu, HRS): se^ˇ sim^ˋ
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): se⁴ sing¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sè-sim
Wu (Suzhou, Wugniu): ¹si₅-sin₁

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìxīn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìsin
  - Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-hsin¹
  - Yale: syì-syīn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihshin
  - Palladius: сисинь (sisinʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    細心 / 细心
    細辛 / 细辛
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ sam¹
  - Yale: sai sām
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ sam¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei³ sem¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ sɐm⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: se-sîm
  - Hakka Romanization System: se xim^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: se⁴ xim¹
  - Sinological IPA: /se⁵⁵ sim²⁴/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: se^ˇ sim^ˋ
  - Sinological IPA: /se¹¹ sim⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: se⁴ sing¹ [Phonetic: se¹ ling¹]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sa̤̍-sing
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬe⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(ɬ-)liŋ⁵³³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: se⁴ sing¹ [Phonetic: se¹ ling¹]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬe⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(ɬ-)liŋ⁵⁴⁴/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-sim
  - Tâi-lô: sè-sim
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seasym
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sim³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /se²¹⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴/
Wu
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹si₅-sin₁
  - MiniDict: si^去 sin^平
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /si⁴⁴ sin/

Adjective

細心

paying careful attention to details; meticulous; attentive
(Hainanese) careful

Synonyms

(meticulous):

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不苟 (bùgǒu) (formal)
仔細 / 仔细 (zǐxì)
嚴 / 严 (yán)
嚴肅 / 严肃 (yánsù)
嚴謹 / 严谨 (yánjǐn)
墘角 (gièng-gáe̤k) (Eastern Min)
密切 (mìqiè)
審慎 / 审慎 (shěnshèn) (formal)
對重 / 对重 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
小心 (xiǎoxīn)
慎密 (shènmì)
慎重 (shènzhòng)
慘淡 / 惨淡 (cǎndàn)
持重 (chízhòng)
板正 (bǎnzhèng)
正經 / 正经
當心 / 当心 (dāngxīn)
精心 (jīngxīn)
精細 / 精细 (jīngxì)
細膩 / 细腻 (xìnì) (Min)
致重 (Hokkien)
認真 / 认真 (rènzhēn)
謹嚴 / 谨严 (jǐnyán)
謹慎 / 谨慎 (jǐnshèn)
較真 / 较真 (jiàozhēn) (colloquial)
過細 / 过细 (guòxì)
鞠躬 (jūgōng) (literary)
頂真 / 顶真 (dǐngzhēn) (dialectal)

(careful):

Dialectal synonyms of 小心 (“careful”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小心
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	小心
	Taiwan	小心
	Malaysia	小心
	Singapore	小心
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	小心
Cantonese	Guangzhou	小心
	Hong Kong	小心
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	小心
	Singapore (Guangfu)	小心
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	細義
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	細義
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	細義
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	細義
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	細義
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	細義
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	細膩
Southern Min	Xiamen	細膩
	Quanzhou	細膩
	Zhangzhou	細膩
	Kaohsiung	細膩
	Yilan	細膩
	Changhua (Lukang)	細膩
	Taichung	細膩
	Taichung (Wuqi)	細膩
	Tainan	細膩
	Taitung	細膩
	Hsinchu	細膩
	Kinmen	細膩
	Penghu (Magong)	細膩
	Penang (Hokkien)	細膩, 小心
	Singapore (Hokkien)	細膩, 小心
	Manila (Hokkien)	細膩, 小心
	Puning	小心
	Singapore (Teochew)	小心
	Wenchang	細心
	Singapore (Hainanese)	細心

Antonyms

粗心 (cūxīn)
大意 (dàyì)
馬虎／马虎 (mǎhu)
疏忽 (shūhu)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
細	心
さい Grade: 2	しん Grade: 2
goon	on'yomi

Etymology

細(さい) (sai, “fine”) + 心(しん) (shin, “mind”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) さいしん [sàíshíń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [sa̠iɕĩɴ]

Adjective

細(さい)心(しん) • (saishin) -na (adnominal 細(さい)心(しん)な (saishin na), adverbial 細(さい)心(しん)に (saishin ni))

scrupulous, careful