細緻

See also: 细致

Chinese

		fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender	fine and close
trad. (細緻)		細	緻
simp. (细致)		细	致

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìzhì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ zi³
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): sè-tì

(Teochew, Peng'im): soi³ di³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìzhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄓˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìjhìh
  - Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-chih⁴
  - Yale: syì-jr̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihjyh
  - Palladius: сичжи (sičži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ zi³
  - Yale: sai ji
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ dzi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei³ ji³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ t͡siː³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-tì
  - Tâi-lô: sè-tì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sea'dix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ ti²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ti⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /se²¹⁻⁵³ ti²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ ti¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ ti²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: soi³ di³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sòi tì
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /soi²¹³⁻⁵⁵ ti²¹³/

Adjective

細緻

careful; meticulous; painstaking; thorough
fine and delicate; exquisite

Synonyms

(careful):

周到 (zhōudào)
周密 (zhōumì)
嚴密 / 严密 (yánmì)
四序 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien, Taiwanese Hokkien)
審 / 审 (shěn) (literary, or in compounds)
細密 / 细密 (xìmì)
綿密 / 绵密 (miánmì) (of speech, writing, etc.)
縝密 / 缜密 (zhěnmì)
過細 / 过细 (guòxì)

(fine and delicate):

健全 (jiànquán)
完善 (wánshàn)
完美 (wánměi)
工巧 (gōngqiǎo)
工致 (gōngzhì)
幼路 (Hokkien)
精妙 (jīngmiào)
精工 (jīnggōng)
精巧 (jīngqiǎo)
精彩 (jīngcǎi)
精細 / 精细 (jīngxì)
精緻 / 精致 (jīngzhì)
精美 (jīngměi)
精良 (jīngliáng)
細膩 / 细腻 (xìnì)
考究 (kǎojiu)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “careful”):

不周 (bùzhōu)

(antonym(s) of “fine and delicate”):

簡陋 / 简陋 (jiǎnlòu)
粗劣 (cūliè)
粗糙 (cūcāo)
粗陋 (cūlòu)