纖細

See also: 纤细 and 繊細

Chinese

		fine; delicate; minute	fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender
trad. (纖細)		纖	細
simp. (纤细)		纤	细

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiānxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cim¹ sai³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiam-sè / siam-sè

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiānxì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siansì
    • Wade–Giles: hsien¹-hsi⁴
    • Yale: syān-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianshih
    • Palladius: сяньси (sjanʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cim¹ sai³
    • Yale: chīm sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsim¹ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: qim¹ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵ sɐi̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiam-sè
    • Tâi-lô: tshiam-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiamsex
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiam³³ se⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiam⁴⁴⁻²² se²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siam-sè
    • Tâi-lô: siam-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siamsex
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siam⁴⁴⁻²² se²¹/

Adjective

纖細

1. very thin; slender; fine; tenuous
2. small; insignificant

Japanese

Kanji in this term
纖	細
せん Jinmeiyō	さい Grade: 2
on’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 纖細 – see the following entry.

【繊細せんさい】 [adjective] delicate, fine (sensibility etc.) [adjective] slender [noun] delicacy [noun] slenderness

(This term, 纖細, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)