细

xì

HSK 3.0 Level 4

Definitions

1. thin or slender
2. finely particulate
3. thin and soft
4. fine
5. delicate
6. trifling
7. (of a sound) quiet
8. frugal

Words Containing 细

• 细察 xì chá: to observe carefully
• 蓝细菌 lán xì jūn: Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
• 细菌战 xì jūn zhàn: biological warfare; germ warfare
• 单核细胞 dān hé xì bāo: monocyte
• 亚细亚洲 yà xì yà zhōu: Asia
• 树突状细胞 shù tū zhuàng xì bāo: dendritic cell
• 细嫩 xì nèn: tender
• 细嘴黄鹂 xì zuǐ huáng lí: (bird species of China) slender-billed oriole (Oriolus tenuirostris)
• 细胞分裂 xì bāo fēn liè: cell division
• 细胞器 xì bāo qì: organelle
• 细河 xì hé: Xihe river in Fuxin
• 细分 xì fēn: to divide (into subgroups etc); to break down (into subcategories, subprocesses etc)
• 细胞毒性 xì bāo dú xìng: cytotoxicity
• 细目 xì mù: detailed listing
• 细辛 xì xīn: Manchurian wild ginger (family Asarum)
• 镰状细胞血症 lián zhuàng xì bāo xuè zhèng: sickle cell anemia
• 中亚细亚 zhōng yà xì yà: Central Asia
• 神经胶质细胞 shén jīng jiāo zhì xì bāo: glial cell (provide support to neuron)
• 细大不捐 xì dà bù juān: not to discard anything, whether small or big (idiom)
• 树状细胞 shù zhuàng xì bāo: dendritic cell
• 生殖细胞 shēng zhí xì bāo: germ cell
• 细香葱 xì xiāng cōng: chive
• 呢喃细语 ní nán xì yǔ: whispering in a low voice (idiom); murmuring
• 细菌性痢疾 xì jūn xìng lì jí: bacillary dysentery
• 嗜酸性粒细胞 shì suān xìng lì xì bāo: eosinophil (type of white blood cell)
• 巨细 jù xì: big and small
• 细胞膜 xì bāo mó: cell membrane
• 明细 míng xì: clear and detailed
• 细颈瓶 xì jǐng píng: jug
• 细胞色素 xì bāo sè sù: cytochrome
• 单核细胞增多症 dān hé xì bāo zēng duō zhèng: mononucleosis
• 细明体 xì míng tǐ: Mincho narrow font
• 食不厌精，脍不厌细 shí bù yàn jīng , kuài bù yàn xì: lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects)
• 细菌病毒 xì jūn bìng dú: bacteriophage
• 细软 xì ruǎn: fine and soft
• 细毛 xì máo: fuzz
• 细心 xì xīn: careful
• 大吞噬细胞 dà tūn shì xì bāo: macrophage
• 性细胞 xìng xì bāo: sexual cell
• 小亚细亚 xiǎo yà xì yà: Asia Minor
• 细枝末节 xì zhī mò jié: minor details
• 体细胞 tǐ xì bāo: somatic cell
• 基底细胞癌 jī dǐ xì bāo ái: basal cell carcinoma
• 细胞因子 xì bāo yīn zǐ: cytokine
• 细声细气 xì shēng xì qì: in a fine voice (idiom); softly spoken
• 细线 xì xiàn: string
• 多细胞生物 duō xì bāo shēng wù: multicellular life form
• 低声细语 dī shēng xì yǔ: in a whisper
• 细雨 xì yǔ: fine rain
• 多细胞 duō xì bāo: multicellular
• 细胞生物学 xì bāo shēng wù xué: cell biology
• 细胞壁 xì bāo bì: cell wall
• 精细 jīng xì: fine
• 纤细 xiān xì: fine
• 细部 xì bù: small part (of a whole ensemble)
• 细语 xì yǔ: to chat with a low voice
• 细河区 xì hé qū: Xihe district of Fuxin city 阜新市, Liaoning
• 细菌 xì jūn: bacterium
• 细究 xì jiū: to look into (a matter)
• 小吞噬细胞 xiǎo tūn shì xì bāo: microphage (a type of white blood cell)
• 细纹苇莺 xì wén wěi yīng: (bird species of China) speckled reed warbler (Acrocephalus sorghophilus)
• 细沙 xì shā: fine sand
• 毛细孔 máo xì kǒng: pore
• 细胞破碎 xì bāo pò suì: (biotechnology) cell disruption
• 细胞器官 xì bāo qì guān: organelle
• 细磨刀石 xì mò dāo shí: whetstone (for honing knives)
• 细胞核 xì bāo hé: nucleus (of cell)
• 心细 xīn xì: careful
• 细颗粒物 xì kē lì wù: fine particle (PM 2.5)
• 吞噬细胞 tūn shì xì bāo: phagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter)
• 亚细亚 yà xì yà: Asia
• 白细胞 bái xì bāo: white blood cell
• 细胞骨架 xì bāo gǔ jià: cytoskeleton (of a cell)
• 细微末节 xì wēi mò jié: tiny insignificant details
• 粒白细胞 lì bái xì bāo: white granulocyte (blood cell)
• 底细 dǐ xì: inside information
• 原核细胞 yuán hé xì bāo: prokaryote
• 细胞周期 xì bāo zhōu qī: cell cycle
• 细润 xì rùn: fine and glossy
• 原核细胞型微生物 yuán hé xì bāo xíng wēi shēng wù: prokaryotic cell type microorganism
• 细密 xì mì: fine (texture)
• 鳞状细胞癌 lín zhuàng xì bāo ái: squamous cell carcinoma
• 备细 bèi xì: details
• 单细胞 dān xì bāo: (of an organism) single-celled; unicellular
• 细长 xì cháng: slender
• 细胞外液 xì bāo wài yè: extracellular fluid
• 细纹噪鹛 xì wén zào méi: (bird species of China) streaked laughingthrush (Trochalopteron lineatum)
• 细看 xì kàn: to peer
• 细作 xì zuò: police spy
• 卵母细胞 luǎn mǔ xì bāo: egg cell
• 细腻 xì nì: exquisite
• 细细 xì xì: attentive
• 造血干细胞 zào xuè gàn xì bāo: blood generating stem cells (in bone marrow)
• 细胞培养 xì bāo péi yǎng: cell culture
• 细化 xì huà: to give a more granular level of detail
• 微细加工 wēi xì jiā gōng: microminiature technology
• 细菌群 xì jūn qún: bacterial community (e.g. in the gut)
• 子细胞 zǐ xì bāo: daughter cell
• 事无巨细 shì wú jù xì: lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom)
• 燃料元件细棒 rán liào yuán jiàn xì bàng: fuel pins
• 多形核白细胞 duō xíng hé bái xì bāo: polymorphonuclear leukocyte
• 血细胞 xuè xì bāo: blood cell
• 粗细 cū xì: thick and thin
• 细挑 xì tiāo: slender
• 细姨 xì yí: concubine
• 细思极恐 xì sī jí kǒng: scary to think about (coll.) (coined c. 2013)
• 极细小 jí xì xiǎo: extremely small
• 细微 xì wēi: tiny
• 许旺细胞 xǔ wàng xì bāo: Schwann cell (support axon of nerve cell)
• 巨细胞病毒视网膜炎 jù xì bāo bìng dú shì wǎng mó yán: cytomegalovirus retinitis (CMV retinitis), a disease of the retina that can lead to blindness
• 单细胞生物 dān xì bāo shēng wù: single-celled organism
• 细说 xì shuō: to tell in detail
• 详细 xiáng xì: detailed
• 细致 xì zhì: delicate
• 细水长流 xì shuǐ cháng liú: lit. thin streams flow forever
• 淋巴细胞 lín bā xì bāo: lymphocyte
• 细胞质 xì bāo zhì: cytoplasm
• 精耕细作 jīng gēng xì zuò: intensive farming
• 微细 wēi xì: microminiature (technology)
• 细细品味 xì xì pǐn wèi: to savor
• 细盐 xì yán: refined salt
• 细细地流 xì xì de liú: to trickle
• 镰刀细胞贫血 lián dāo xì bāo pín xuè: sickle cell anemia
• 细胞学 xì bāo xué: cytology
• 细支气管炎 xì zhī qì guǎn yán: bronchiolitis
• 细化管理 xì huà guǎn lǐ: micromanagement
• 明细表 míng xì biǎo: schedule
• 倾耳细听 qīng ěr xì tīng: to prick up one's ear and listen carefully
• 细则 xì zé: detailed rules and regulations
• 红细胞 hóng xì bāo: erythrocyte
• 内细胞团 nèi xì bāo tuán: inner cell mass (ICM)
• 细嘴鸥 xì zuǐ ōu: (bird species of China) slender-billed gull (Chroicocephalus genei)
• 精雕细刻 jīng diāo xì kè: lit. fine sculpting (idiom); fig. to work with extreme care and precision
• 干细胞 gàn xì bāo: stem cell
• 类鼻疽单细胞 lèi bí jū dān xì bāo: Pseudomonas pseudomallei
• 细胞 xì bāo: cell (biology)
• 轻声细语 qīng shēng xì yǔ: to speak softly
• 细绳 xì shéng: string
• 深耕细作 shēn gēng xì zuò: deep plowing and careful cultivation
• 细胞融合 xì bāo róng hé: cell fusion
• 细胞毒 xì bāo dú: cytotoxin
• 潇潇细雨 xiāo xiāo xì yǔ: (idiom) soft, misty rain
• 精打细算 jīng dǎ xì suàn: meticulous planning and careful accounting (idiom)
• 间充质干细胞 jiān chōng zhì gàn xì bāo: mesenchymal stem cell MSC (in cell biology)
• 巨噬细胞 jù shì xì bāo: macrophage
• 过细 guò xì: extremely careful
• 毛细 máo xì: capillary
• 嗜碱性粒细胞 shì jiǎn xìng lì xì bāo: basophil granulocytes (rarest type of white blood cell)
• 脑细胞 nǎo xì bāo: brain cell
• 细粒 xì lì: fine grain
• 氰基细菌 qíng jī xì jūn: cyanobacteria
• 细粉 xì fěn: powder
• 巨细胞病毒 jù xì bāo bìng dú: cytomegalovirus (CMV)
• 红细胞沉降率 hóng xì bāo chén jiàng lǜ: erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
• 慢工出细货 màn gōng chū xì huò: patient work makes a fine product
• 琐细 suǒ xì: trivial
• 细听 xì tīng: to listen carefully (for tiny sounds)
• 挟细拿粗 xié xì ná cū: to provoke
• 细胞培养器 xì bāo péi yǎng qì: cell cultivator
• 粒细胞 lì xì bāo: granulocyte
• 细皮嫩肉 xì pí nèn ròu: soft skin and tender flesh (idiom)
• 细叶脉 xì yè mài: veinlet in a leaf
• 仔细 zǐ xì: careful
• 细节 xì jié: details
• 轻言细语 qīng yán xì yǔ: to speak softly
• 细小 xì xiǎo: tiny
• 细调 xì diào: to fine tune
• 精挑细选 jīng tiāo xì xuǎn: to select very carefully
• 细尾獴 xì wěi měng: meerkat
• 癌细胞 ái xì bāo: cancer cell
• 尖细 jiān xì: (of an object) tapered
• 细菌武器 xì jūn wǔ qì: biological weapon (using germs)
• 细嚼慢咽 xì jiáo màn yàn: to eat slowly (idiom)
• 细数 xì shǔ: countdown
• 细腰 xì yāo: slender waist
• 细嘴短趾百灵 xì zuǐ duǎn zhǐ bǎi líng: (bird species of China) Hume's short-toed lark (Calandrella acutirostris)
• 亚细安 yà xì ān: ASEAN
• 中性粒细胞 zhōng xìng lì xì bāo: neutrophil (the most common type of white blood cell)
• 毛细血管 máo xì xuè guǎn: capillary blood vessels
• 细碎 xì suì: fragments; bits and pieces
• 奸细 jiān xi: a spy
• 神经细胞 shén jīng xì bāo: nerve cell