| 细 | [ xì ] thin or slender, finely particulate, thin and soft, fine, delicate, trifling, (of a sound) quiet, frugal |
| 细作 | [ xì zuò ] police spy, secret agent |
| 细分 | [ xì fēn ] subdivision, segmentation |
| 细则 | [ xì zé ] detailed rules and regulations, bylaws |
| 细化 | [ xì huà ] to give a more granular level of detail, to elaborate, to refine, to become more differentiated |
| 细化管理 | [ xì huà guǎn lǐ ] micromanagement |
| 细嘴短趾百灵 | [ xì zuǐ duǎn zhǐ baǐ líng ] (bird species of China) Hume's short-toed lark (Calandrella acutirostris) |
| 细嘴鸥 | [ xì zuǐ oū ] (bird species of China) slender-billed gull (Chroicocephalus genei) |
| 细嘴黄鹂 | [ xì zuǐ huáng lí ] (bird species of China) slender-billed oriole (Oriolus tenuirostris) |
| 细嚼慢咽 | [ xì màn yàn ] to eat slowly (idiom) |
| 细大不捐 | [ xì dà bù juān ] not to discard anything, whether small or big (idiom), all-embracing |
| 细姨 | [ xì yí ] concubine |
| 细嫩 | [ xì nèn ] tender |
| 细密 | [ xì mì ] fine (texture), meticulous, close (analysis), detailed |
| 细察 | [ xì chá ] to observe carefully |
| 细小 | [ xì ] tiny, fine, minute |
| 细尾獴 | [ xì weǐ měng ] meerkat, see 狐獴[hu2 meng3] |
| 细微 | [ xì weī ] tiny, minute, fine, subtle, sensitive (instruments) |
| 细微末节 | [ xì weī mò jié ] tiny insignificant details, niceties |
| 细心 | [ xì xīn ] careful, attentive |
| 细思极恐 | [ xì sī jí kǒng ] scary to think about (coll.) (coined c. 2013) |
| 细挑 | [ xì ] slender |
| 细支气管炎 | [ xì zhī qì guǎn yán ] bronchiolitis |
| 细数 | [ xì shǔ ] countdown, breakdown, to list, to enumerate, to run through |
| 细明体 | [ xì míng tǐ ] Mincho narrow font |
| 细枝末节 | [ xì zhī mò jié ] minor details, trifles |
| 细毛 | [ xì maó ] fuzz, fine fur (of marten etc) |
| 细水长流 | [ xì shuǐ cháng liú ] lit. thin streams flow forever, fig. economy will get you a long way, to work steadily at something little by little |
| 细沙 | [ xì shā ] fine sand |
| 细河 | [ xì hé ] Xihe river in Fuxin, Xihe district of Fuxin city 阜新市, Liaoning |
| 细河区 | [ xì hé qū ] Xihe district of Fuxin city 阜新市, Liaoning |
| 细润 | [ xì rùn ] fine and glossy |
| 细皮嫩肉 | [ xì pí nèn roù ] soft skin and tender flesh (idiom), smooth-skinned |
| 细目 | [ xì mù ] detailed listing, specific item |
| 细看 | [ xì kàn ] to peer, to scan, to examine carefully |
| 细碎 | [ xì suì ] fragments, bits and pieces |
| 细磨刀石 | [ xì mò daō shí ] whetstone (for honing knives) |
| 细究 | [ xì jiū ] to look into (a matter) |
| 细节 | [ xì jié ] details, particulars |
| 细粉 | [ xì fěn ] powder |
| 细粒 | [ xì lì ] fine grain, fine-grained |
| 细纹噪鹛 | [ xì wén zaò meí ] (bird species of China) streaked laughingthrush (Trochalopteron lineatum) |
| 细纹苇莺 | [ xì wén weǐ yīng ] (bird species of China) speckled reed warbler (Acrocephalus sorghophilus) |
| 细细 | [ xì xì ] attentive, careful |
| 细细品味 | [ xì xì pǐn weì ] to savor, to relish |
| 细细地流 | [ xì xì de liú ] to trickle |
| 细线 | [ xì xiàn ] string, thread |
| 细致 | [ xì zhì ] delicate, fine, careful, meticulous, painstaking |
| 细绳 | [ xì shéng ] string, twine, cord |
| 细声细气 | [ xì shēng xì qì ] in a fine voice (idiom); softly spoken |
| 细听 | [ xì tīng ] to listen carefully (for tiny sounds) |
| 细胞 | [ xì baō ] cell (biology) |
| 细胞分裂 | [ xì baō fēn liè ] cell division |
| 细胞周期 | [ xì baō zhoū qī ] cell cycle |
| 细胞器 | [ xì baō qì ] organelle |
| 细胞器官 | [ xì baō qì guān ] organelle |
| 细胞因子 | [ xì baō yīn zǐ ] cytokine |
| 细胞培养 | [ xì baō peí yǎng ] cell culture |
| 细胞培养器 | [ xì baō peí yǎng qì ] cell cultivator |
| 细胞壁 | [ xì baō bì ] cell wall |
| 细胞外液 | [ xì baō waì yè ] extracellular fluid |
| 细胞学 | [ xì baō xué ] cytology |
| 细胞核 | [ xì baō hé ] nucleus (of cell) |
| 细胞毒 | [ xì baō dú ] cytotoxin |
| 细胞毒性 | [ xì baō dú xìng ] cytotoxicity |
| 细胞生物学 | [ xì baō shēng wù xué ] cell biology |
| 细胞破碎 | [ xì baō pò suì ] (biotechnology) cell disruption |
| 细胞膜 | [ xì baō mó ] cell membrane |
| 细胞色素 | [ xì baō sè sù ] cytochrome |
| 细胞融合 | [ xì baō róng hé ] cell fusion |
| 细胞质 | [ xì baō zhì ] cytoplasm |
| 细胞骨架 | [ xì baō gǔ jià ] cytoskeleton (of a cell) |
| 细腰 | [ xì yaō ] slender waist, fig. pretty woman, mortise and tenon joint on a coffin |
| 细腻 | [ xì nì ] exquisite, meticulous |
| 细菌 | [ xì jūn ] bacterium, germ |
| 细菌性痢疾 | [ xì jūn xìng lì jí ] bacillary dysentery |
| 细菌战 | [ xì jūn zhàn ] biological warfare, germ warfare |
| 细菌武器 | [ xì jūn wǔ qì ] biological weapon (using germs) |
| 细菌病毒 | [ xì jūn bìng dú ] bacteriophage, virus that infects bacteria |
| 细菌群 | [ xì jūn qún ] bacterial community (e.g. in the gut) |
| 细叶脉 | [ xì yè maì ] veinlet in a leaf |
| 细语 | [ xì yǔ ] to chat with a low voice |
| 细说 | [ xì shuō ] to tell in detail |
| 细调 | [ xì ] to fine tune |
| 细软 | [ xì ruǎn ] fine and soft, valuables |
| 细辛 | [ xì xīn ] Manchurian wild ginger (family Asarum) |
| 细部 | [ xì bù ] small part (of a whole ensemble), detail |
| 细长 | [ xì cháng ] slender |
| 细雨 | [ xì yǔ ] fine rain, drizzle, poem by Tang poet Li Shangyin 李商隱|李商隐 |
| 细颈瓶 | [ xì jǐng píng ] jug |
| 细颗粒物 | [ xì kē lì wù ] fine particle (PM 2.5), fine particulate matter (air pollution etc) |
| 细香葱 | [ xì xiāng cōng ] chive |
| 细盐 | [ xì yán ] refined salt, table salt |
| ⇒ 中亚细亚 | [ zhōng yà xì yà ] Central Asia |
| ⇒ 中性粒细胞 | [ zhōng xìng lì xì baō ] neutrophil (the most common type of white blood cell) |
| ⇒ 事无巨细 | [ shì wú jù xì ] lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom), fig. to deal with any matter, regardless of its importance |
| ⇒ 亚细亚 | [ yà xì yà ] Asia |
| ⇒ 亚细亚洲 | [ yà xì yà zhoū ] Asia, abbr. to 亞洲|亚洲[Ya4 zhou1] |
| ⇒ 亚细安 | [ yà xì ān ] ASEAN |
| ⇒ 仔细 | [ zǐ xì ] careful, attentive, cautious |
| ⇒ 低声细语 | [ dī shēng xì yǔ ] in a whisper, in a low voice (idiom) |
| ⇒ 备细 | [ beì xì ] details, particulars |
| ⇒ 倾耳细听 | [ qīng ěr xì tīng ] to prick up one's ear and listen carefully |
| ⇒ 内细胞团 | [ neì xì baō tuán ] inner cell mass (ICM) |
| ⇒ 卵母细胞 | [ luǎn mǔ xì baō ] egg cell |
| ⇒ 原核细胞 | [ yuán hé xì baō ] prokaryote, prokaryotic cell |
| ⇒ 原核细胞型微生物 | [ yuán hé xì baō xíng weī shēng wù ] prokaryotic cell type microorganism |
| ⇒ 吞噬细胞 | [ tūn shì xì baō ] phagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter) |
| ⇒ 呢喃细语 | [ ní nán xì yǔ ] whispering in a low voice (idiom); murmuring |
| ⇒ 单核细胞 | [ dān hé xì baō ] monocyte, mononuclear cell |
| ⇒ 单核细胞增多症 | [ dān hé xì baō zēng duō zhèng ] mononucleosis |
| ⇒ 单细胞 | [ dān xì baō ] single-celled (organism), unicellular |
| ⇒ 单细胞生物 | [ dān xì baō shēng wù ] single-celled organism |
| ⇒ 嗜酸性粒细胞 | [ shì suān xìng lì xì baō ] eosinophil (type of white blood cell) |
| ⇒ 嗜碱性粒细胞 | [ shì jiǎn xìng lì xì baō ] basophil granulocytes (rarest type of white blood cell) |
| ⇒ 基底细胞癌 | [ jī dǐ xì baō aí ] basal cell carcinoma |
| ⇒ 多形核白细胞 | [ duō xíng hé baí xì baō ] polymorphonuclear leukocyte |
| ⇒ 多细胞 | [ duō xì baō ] multicellular |
| ⇒ 多细胞生物 | [ duō xì baō shēng wù ] multicellular life form |
| ⇒ 大吞噬细胞 | [ dà tūn shì xì baō ] macrophage |
| ⇒ 奸细 | [ jiān xi ] a spy, a crafty person |
| ⇒ 子细 | [ zǐ xì ] variant of 仔細|仔细[zi3 xi4] |
| ⇒ 子细胞 | [ zǐ xì baō ] daughter cell |
| ⇒ 小亚细亚 | [ yà xì yà ] Asia Minor, Anatolia |
| ⇒ 小吞噬细胞 | [ tūn shì xì baō ] microphage (a type of white blood cell) |
| ⇒ 尖细 | [ jiān xì ] taper |
| ⇒ 巨噬细胞 | [ jù shì xì baō ] macrophage |
| ⇒ 巨细 | [ jù xì ] big and small |
| ⇒ 巨细胞病毒 | [ jù xì baō bìng dú ] cytomegalovirus (CMV) |
| ⇒ 巨细胞病毒视网膜炎 | [ jù xì baō bìng dú shì wǎng mó yán ] cytomegalovirus retinitis, a disease of the retina that can lead to blindness, CMV retinitis |
| ⇒ 干细胞 | [ gàn xì baō ] stem cell |
| ⇒ 底细 | [ dǐ xì ] inside information, the ins and outs of the matter, how things stand, what's up |
| ⇒ 微细 | [ weī xì ] microminiature (technology) |
| ⇒ 微细加工 | [ weī xì jiā gōng ] microminiature technology |
| ⇒ 心细 | [ xīn xì ] careful, scrupulous |
| ⇒ 性细胞 | [ xìng xì baō ] sexual cell, germline cell, gamete |
| ⇒ 慢工出细货 | [ màn gōng chū xì huò ] patient work makes a fine product |
| ⇒ 挟细拿粗 | [ xié xì ná cū ] to provoke |
| ⇒ 明细 | [ míng xì ] clear and detailed, definite, details (are as follows:) |
| ⇒ 明细表 | [ míng xì ] schedule, subsidiary ledger, a detailed list |
| ⇒ 极细小 | [ jí xì ] extremely small, infinitesimal |
| ⇒ 树状细胞 | [ shù zhuàng xì baō ] dendritic cell |
| ⇒ 树突状细胞 | [ shù tū zhuàng xì baō ] dendritic cell |
| ⇒ 毛细 | [ maó xì ] capillary |
| ⇒ 毛细孔 | [ maó xì kǒng ] pore |
| ⇒ 毛细血管 | [ maó xì xuè guǎn ] capillary blood vessels |
| ⇒ 氰基细菌 | [ qíng jī xì jūn ] cyanobacteria |
| ⇒ 淋巴细胞 | [ lín bā xì baō ] lymphocyte |
| ⇒ 深耕细作 | [ shēn gēng xì zuò ] deep plowing and careful cultivation |
| ⇒ 潇潇细雨 | [ xì yǔ ] the sound of light rain or drizzle (idiom) |
| ⇒ 燃料元件细棒 | [ rán yuán jiàn xì bàng ] fuel pins |
| ⇒ 琐细 | [ suǒ xì ] trivial |
| ⇒ 生殖细胞 | [ shēng zhí xì baō ] germ cell, reproductive cell |
| ⇒ 癌细胞 | [ aí xì baō ] cancer cell |
| ⇒ 白细胞 | [ baí xì baō ] white blood cell, leukocyte |
| ⇒ 神经细胞 | [ shén jīng xì baō ] nerve cell, neuron |
| ⇒ 神经胶质细胞 | [ shén jīng zhì xì baō ] glial cell (provide support to neuron), neuroglia |
| ⇒ 粒白细胞 | [ lì baí xì baō ] white granulocyte (blood cell) |
| ⇒ 粒细胞 | [ lì xì baō ] granulocyte |
| ⇒ 粗细 | [ cū xì ] thick and thin, coarse and fine, thickness (caliber), coarseness, quality of work |
| ⇒ 精打细算 | [ jīng dǎ xì suàn ] meticulous planning and careful accounting (idiom) |
| ⇒ 精挑细选 | [ jīng xì xuǎn ] to select very carefully |
| ⇒ 精细 | [ jīng xì ] fine, meticulous, careful |
| ⇒ 精耕细作 | [ jīng gēng xì zuò ] intensive farming |
| ⇒ 精雕细刻 | [ jīng xì kè ] lit. fine sculpting (idiom); fig. to work with extreme care and precision |
| ⇒ 红细胞 | [ hóng xì baō ] erythrocyte, red blood cell |
| ⇒ 红细胞沉降率 | [ hóng xì baō chén jiàng lǜ ] erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) |
| ⇒ 细细 | [ xì xì ] attentive, careful |
| ⇒ 细细品味 | [ xì xì pǐn weì ] to savor, to relish |
| ⇒ 细细地流 | [ xì xì de liú ] to trickle |
| ⇒ 细声细气 | [ xì shēng xì qì ] in a fine voice (idiom); softly spoken |
| ⇒ 纤细 | [ xiān xì ] fine, slim, tender |
| ⇒ 脑细胞 | [ naǒ xì baō ] brain cell |
| ⇒ 蓝细菌 | [ lán xì jūn ] Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) |
| ⇒ 血细胞 | [ xuè xì baō ] blood cell |
| ⇒ 许旺细胞 | [ xǔ wàng xì baō ] Schwann cell (support axon of nerve cell), neurolemmocyte |
| ⇒ 详细 | [ xiáng xì ] detailed, in detail, minute |
| ⇒ 轻声细语 | [ qīng shēng xì yǔ ] to speak softly, to whisper (idiom) |
| ⇒ 轻言细语 | [ qīng yán xì yǔ ] to speak softly |
| ⇒ 造血干细胞 | [ zaò xuè gàn xì baō ] blood generating stem cells (in bone marrow) |
| ⇒ 过细 | [ guò xì ] extremely careful, meticulous, overattentive |
| ⇒ 镰刀细胞贫血 | [ lián daō xì baō pín xuè ] sickle cell anemia |
| ⇒ 镰状细胞血症 | [ lián zhuàng xì baō xuè zhèng ] sickle cell anemia |
| ⇒ 间充质干细胞 | [ jiān chōng zhì gàn xì baō ] mesenchymal stem cell MSC (in cell biology) |
| ⇒ 类鼻疽单细胞 | [ leì bí jū dān xì baō ] Pseudomonas pseudomallei |
| ⇒ 食不厌精，脍不厌细 | [ shí bù yàn jīng bù yàn xì ] lit. to eat but finely ground grain and finely chopped meat (idiom, from Analects), fig. to be fastidious about one's food |
| ⇒ 体细胞 | [ tǐ xì baō ] somatic cell |
| ⇒ 鳞状细胞癌 | [ lín zhuàng xì baō aí ] squamous cell carcinoma |
