| 細 | [ xì ] thin or slender, finely particulate, thin and soft, fine, delicate, trifling, (of a sound) quiet, frugal |
| 細作 | [ xì zuò ] police spy, secret agent |
| 細分 | [ xì fēn ] subdivision, segmentation |
| 細則 | [ xì zé ] detailed rules and regulations, bylaws |
| 細化 | [ xì huà ] to give a more granular level of detail, to elaborate, to refine, to become more differentiated |
| 細化管理 | [ xì huà guǎn lǐ ] micromanagement |
| 細嘴短趾百靈 | [ xì zuǐ duǎn zhǐ baǐ líng ] (bird species of China) Hume's short-toed lark (Calandrella acutirostris) |
| 細嘴鷗 | [ xì zuǐ oū ] (bird species of China) slender-billed gull (Chroicocephalus genei) |
| 細嘴黃鸝 | [ xì zuǐ huáng lí ] (bird species of China) slender-billed oriole (Oriolus tenuirostris) |
| 細嚼慢嚥 | [ xì màn yàn ] to eat slowly (idiom) |
| 細大不捐 | [ xì dà bù juān ] not to discard anything, whether small or big (idiom), all-embracing |
| 細姨 | [ xì yí ] concubine |
| 細嫩 | [ xì nèn ] tender |
| 細密 | [ xì mì ] fine (texture), meticulous, close (analysis), detailed |
| 細察 | [ xì chá ] to observe carefully |
| 細小 | [ xì ] tiny, fine, minute |
| 細尾獴 | [ xì weǐ měng ] meerkat, see 狐獴[hu2 meng3] |
| 細微 | [ xì weī ] tiny, minute, fine, subtle, sensitive (instruments) |
| 細微末節 | [ xì weī mò jié ] tiny insignificant details, niceties |
| 細心 | [ xì xīn ] careful, attentive |
| 細思極恐 | [ xì sī jí kǒng ] scary to think about (coll.) (coined c. 2013) |
| 細挑 | [ xì ] slender |
| 細支氣管炎 | [ xì zhī qì guǎn yán ] bronchiolitis |
| 細數 | [ xì shǔ ] countdown, breakdown, to list, to enumerate, to run through |
| 細明體 | [ xì míng tǐ ] Mincho narrow font |
| 細枝末節 | [ xì zhī mò jié ] minor details, trifles |
| 細毛 | [ xì maó ] fuzz, fine fur (of marten etc) |
| 細水長流 | [ 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 |
| 細沙 | [ xì shā ] fine sand |
| 細河 | [ xì hé ] Xihe river in Fuxin, Xihe district of Fuxin city 阜新市, Liaoning |
| 細河區 | [ xì hé qū ] Xihe district of Fuxin city 阜新市, Liaoning |
| 細潤 | [ xì rùn ] fine and glossy |
| 細皮嫩肉 | [ xì pí nèn roù ] soft skin and tender flesh (idiom), smooth-skinned |
| 細目 | [ xì mù ] detailed listing, specific item |
| 細看 | [ xì kàn ] to peer, to scan, to examine carefully |
| 細碎 | [ xì suì ] fragments, bits and pieces |
| 細磨刀石 | [ xì mò daō shí ] whetstone (for honing knives) |
| 細究 | [ xì jiū ] to look into (a matter) |
| 細節 | [ xì jié ] details, particulars |
| 細粉 | [ xì fěn ] powder |
| 細粒 | [ xì lì ] fine grain, fine-grained |
| 細紋噪鶥 | [ xì wén zaò meí ] (bird species of China) streaked laughingthrush (Trochalopteron lineatum) |
| 細紋葦鶯 | [ xì wén weǐ yīng ] (bird species of China) speckled reed warbler (Acrocephalus sorghophilus) |
| 細細 | [ xì xì ] attentive, careful |
| 細細品味 | [ xì xì pǐn weì ] to savor, to relish |
| 細細地流 | [ xì xì de liú ] to trickle |
| 細線 | [ xì xiàn ] string, thread |
| 細緻 | [ xì zhì ] delicate, fine, careful, meticulous, painstaking |
| 細繩 | [ xì shéng ] string, twine, cord |
| 細聲細氣 | [ xì shēng xì qì ] in a fine voice (idiom); softly spoken |
| 細聽 | [ xì tīng ] to listen carefully (for tiny sounds) |
| 細胞 | [ xì baō ] cell (biology) |
| 細胞分裂 | [ xì baō fēn liè ] cell division |
| 細胞周期 | [ xì baō zhoū qī ] cell cycle |
| 細胞器 | [ xì baō qì ] organelle |
| 細胞器官 | [ xì baō qì guān ] organelle |
| 細胞因子 | [ xì baō yīn zǐ ] cytokine |
| 細胞培養 | [ xì baō peí yǎng ] cell culture |
| 細胞培養器 | [ xì baō peí yǎng qì ] cell cultivator |
| 細胞壁 | [ xì baō bì ] cell wall |
| 細胞外液 | [ xì baō waì yè ] extracellular fluid |
| 細胞學 | [ xì baō xué ] cytology |
| 細胞核 | [ xì baō hé ] nucleus (of cell) |
| 細胞毒 | [ xì baō dú ] cytotoxin |
| 細胞毒性 | [ xì baō dú xìng ] cytotoxicity |
| 細胞生物學 | [ xì baō shēng wù xué ] cell biology |
| 細胞破碎 | [ xì baō pò suì ] (biotechnology) cell disruption |
| 細胞膜 | [ xì baō mó ] cell membrane |
| 細胞色素 | [ xì baō sè sù ] cytochrome |
| 細胞融合 | [ xì baō róng hé ] cell fusion |
| 細胞質 | [ xì baō zhì ] cytoplasm |
| 細胞骨架 | [ xì baō gǔ jià ] cytoskeleton (of a cell) |
| 細腰 | [ xì yaō ] slender waist, fig. pretty woman, mortise and tenon joint on a coffin |
| 細膩 | [ xì nì ] exquisite, meticulous |
| 細菌 | [ xì jūn ] bacterium, germ |
| 細菌性痢疾 | [ xì jūn xìng lì jí ] bacillary dysentery |
| 細菌戰 | [ xì jūn zhàn ] biological warfare, germ warfare |
| 細菌武器 | [ xì jūn wǔ qì ] biological weapon (using germs) |
| 細菌病毒 | [ xì jūn bìng dú ] bacteriophage, virus that infects bacteria |
| 細菌群 | [ xì jūn qún ] bacterial community (e.g. in the gut) |
| 細葉脈 | [ xì yè maì ] veinlet in a leaf |
| 細語 | [ xì yǔ ] to chat with a low voice |
| 細說 | [ xì shuō ] to tell in detail |
| 細調 | [ xì ] to fine tune |
| 細軟 | [ xì ruǎn ] fine and soft, valuables |
| 細辛 | [ xì xīn ] Manchurian wild ginger (family Asarum) |
| 細部 | [ xì bù ] small part (of a whole ensemble), detail |
| 細長 | [ xì cháng ] slender |
| 細雨 | [ xì yǔ ] fine rain, drizzle, poem by Tang poet Li Shangyin 李商隱|李商隐 |
| 細頸瓶 | [ xì jǐng píng ] jug |
| 細顆粒物 | [ xì kē lì wù ] fine particle (PM 2.5), fine particulate matter (air pollution etc) |
| 細香蔥 | [ xì xiāng cōng ] chive |
| 細鹽 | [ xì yán ] refined salt, table salt |
| ⇒ 中亞細亞 | [ zhōng yà xì yà ] Central Asia |
| ⇒ 中性粒細胞 | [ zhōng xìng lì xì baō ] neutrophil (the most common type of white blood cell) |
| ⇒ 事無巨細 | [ shì wú jù xì ] lit. things are not separated according to their size (idiom), fig. to deal with any matter, regardless of its importance |
| ⇒ 亞細亞 | [ yà xì yà ] Asia |
| ⇒ 亞細亞洲 | [ yà xì yà zhoū ] Asia, abbr. to 亞洲|亚洲[Ya4 zhou1] |
| ⇒ 亞細安 | [ yà xì ān ] ASEAN |
| ⇒ 仔細 | [ zǐ xì ] careful, attentive, cautious |
| ⇒ 低聲細語 | [ dī shēng xì yǔ ] in a whisper, in a low voice (idiom) |
| ⇒ 備細 | [ beì xì ] details, particulars |
| ⇒ 傾耳細聽 | [ qīng ěr xì tīng ] to prick up one's ear and listen carefully |
| ⇒ 內細胞團 | [ neì xì baō tuán ] inner cell mass (ICM) |
| ⇒ 卵母細胞 | [ luǎn mǔ xì baō ] egg cell |
| ⇒ 原核細胞 | [ yuán hé xì baō ] prokaryote, prokaryotic cell |
| ⇒ 原核細胞型微生物 | [ yuán hé xì baō xíng weī shēng wù ] prokaryotic cell type microorganism |
| ⇒ 吞噬細胞 | [ tūn shì xì baō ] phagocyte (cell that ingests and destroys foreign matter) |
| ⇒ 呢喃細語 | [ ní nán xì yǔ ] whispering in a low voice (idiom); murmuring |
| ⇒ 單核細胞 | [ dān hé xì baō ] monocyte, mononuclear cell |
| ⇒ 單核細胞增多症 | [ dān hé xì baō zēng duō zhèng ] mononucleosis |
| ⇒ 單細胞 | [ dān xì baō ] single-celled (organism), unicellular |
| ⇒ 單細胞生物 | [ dān xì baō shēng wù ] single-celled organism |
| ⇒ 嗜酸性粒細胞 | [ shì suān xìng lì xì baō ] eosinophil (type of white blood cell) |
| ⇒ 嗜鹼性粒細胞 | [ shì jiǎn xìng lì xì baō ] basophil granulocytes (rarest type of white blood cell) |
| ⇒ 基底細胞癌 | [ jī dǐ xì baō aí ] basal cell carcinoma |
| ⇒ 多形核白細胞 | [ duō xíng hé baí xì baō ] polymorphonuclear leukocyte |
| ⇒ 多細胞 | [ duō xì baō ] multicellular |
| ⇒ 多細胞生物 | [ duō xì baō shēng wù ] multicellular life form |
| ⇒ 大吞噬細胞 | [ dà tūn shì xì baō ] macrophage |
| ⇒ 奸細 | [ jiān xi ] a spy, a crafty person |
| ⇒ 子細 | [ zǐ xì ] variant of 仔細|仔细[zi3 xi4] |
| ⇒ 子細胞 | [ zǐ xì baō ] daughter cell |
| ⇒ 小亞細亞 | [ yà xì yà ] Asia Minor, Anatolia |
| ⇒ 小吞噬細胞 | [ tūn shì xì baō ] microphage (a type of white blood cell) |
| ⇒ 尖細 | [ jiān xì ] taper |
| ⇒ 巨噬細胞 | [ jù shì xì baō ] macrophage |
| ⇒ 巨細 | [ jù xì ] big and small |
| ⇒ 巨細胞病毒 | [ jù xì baō bìng dú ] cytomegalovirus (CMV) |
| ⇒ 巨細胞病毒視網膜炎 | [ jù xì baō bìng dú shì wǎng mó yán ] cytomegalovirus retinitis, a disease of the retina that can lead to blindness, CMV retinitis |
| ⇒ 幹細胞 | [ gàn xì baō ] stem cell |
| ⇒ 底細 | [ dǐ xì ] inside information, the ins and outs of the matter, how things stand, what's up |
| ⇒ 微細 | [ weī xì ] microminiature (technology) |
| ⇒ 微細加工 | [ weī xì jiā gōng ] microminiature technology |
| ⇒ 心細 | [ xīn xì ] careful, scrupulous |
| ⇒ 性細胞 | [ xìng xì baō ] sexual cell, germline cell, gamete |
| ⇒ 慢工出細貨 | [ màn gōng chū xì huò ] patient work makes a fine product |
| ⇒ 挾細拿粗 | [ xié xì ná cū ] to provoke |
| ⇒ 明細 | [ míng xì ] clear and detailed, definite, details (are as follows:) |
| ⇒ 明細表 | [ míng xì ] schedule, subsidiary ledger, a detailed list |
| ⇒ 極細小 | [ jí xì ] extremely small, infinitesimal |
| ⇒ 樹狀細胞 | [ shù zhuàng xì baō ] dendritic cell |
| ⇒ 樹突狀細胞 | [ shù tū zhuàng xì baō ] dendritic cell |
| ⇒ 毛細 | [ maó xì ] capillary |
| ⇒ 毛細孔 | [ maó xì kǒng ] pore |
| ⇒ 毛細血管 | [ maó xì xuè guǎn ] capillary blood vessels |
| ⇒ 氰基細菌 | [ qíng jī xì jūn ] cyanobacteria |
| ⇒ 淋巴細胞 | [ lín bā xì baō ] lymphocyte |
| ⇒ 深耕細作 | [ shēn gēng xì zuò ] deep plowing and careful cultivation |
| ⇒ 瀟瀟細雨 | [ xì yǔ ] the sound of light rain or drizzle (idiom) |
| ⇒ 燃料元件細棒 | [ rán yuán jiàn xì bàng ] fuel pins |
| ⇒ 瑣細 | [ suǒ xì ] trivial |
| ⇒ 生殖細胞 | [ shēng zhí xì baō ] germ cell, reproductive cell |
| ⇒ 癌細胞 | [ aí xì baō ] cancer cell |
| ⇒ 白細胞 | [ baí xì baō ] white blood cell, leukocyte |
| ⇒ 神經細胞 | [ shén jīng xì baō ] nerve cell, neuron |
| ⇒ 神經膠質細胞 | [ shén jīng zhì xì baō ] glial cell (provide support to neuron), neuroglia |
| ⇒ 粒白細胞 | [ lì baí xì baō ] white granulocyte (blood cell) |
| ⇒ 粒細胞 | [ lì xì baō ] granulocyte |
| ⇒ 粗細 | [ cū xì ] thick and thin, coarse and fine, thickness (caliber), coarseness, quality of work |
| ⇒ 精打細算 | [ jīng dǎ xì suàn ] meticulous planning and careful accounting (idiom) |
| ⇒ 精挑細選 | [ jīng xì xuǎn ] to select very carefully |
| ⇒ 精細 | [ jīng xì ] fine, meticulous, careful |
| ⇒ 精耕細作 | [ jīng gēng xì zuò ] intensive farming |
| ⇒ 精雕細刻 | [ jīng xì kè ] lit. fine sculpting (idiom); fig. to work with extreme care and precision |
| ⇒ 紅細胞 | [ hóng xì baō ] erythrocyte, red blood cell |
| ⇒ 紅細胞沉降率 | [ hóng xì baō chén jiàng lǜ ] erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) |
| ⇒ 細細 | [ xì xì ] attentive, careful |
| ⇒ 細細品味 | [ xì xì pǐn weì ] to savor, to relish |
| ⇒ 細細地流 | [ xì xì de liú ] to trickle |
| ⇒ 細聲細氣 | [ xì shēng xì qì ] in a fine voice (idiom); softly spoken |
| ⇒ 纖細 | [ xiān xì ] fine, slim, tender |
| ⇒ 腦細胞 | [ naǒ xì baō ] brain cell |
| ⇒ 藍細菌 | [ lán xì jūn ] Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) |
| ⇒ 血細胞 | [ xuè xì baō ] blood cell |
| ⇒ 許旺細胞 | [ xǔ wàng xì baō ] Schwann cell (support axon of nerve cell), neurolemmocyte |
| ⇒ 詳細 | [ xiáng xì ] detailed, in detail, minute |
| ⇒ 輕聲細語 | [ qīng shēng xì yǔ ] to speak softly, to whisper (idiom) |
| ⇒ 輕言細語 | [ qīng yán xì yǔ ] to speak softly |
| ⇒ 造血幹細胞 | [ zaò xuè gàn xì baō ] blood generating stem cells (in bone marrow) |
| ⇒ 過細 | [ guò xì ] extremely careful, meticulous, overattentive |
| ⇒ 鐮刀細胞貧血 | [ lián daō xì baō pín xuè ] sickle cell anemia |
| ⇒ 鐮狀細胞血症 | [ lián zhuàng xì baō xuè zhèng ] sickle cell anemia |
| ⇒ 間充質幹細胞 | [ jiān chōng zhì gàn xì baō ] mesenchymal stem cell MSC (in cell biology) |
| ⇒ 類鼻疽單細胞 | [ leì bí jū dān xì baō ] Pseudomonas pseudomallei |
| ⇒ 食不厭精，膾不厭細 | [ 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 |
| ⇒ 體細胞 | [ tǐ xì baō ] somatic cell |
| ⇒ 鱗狀細胞癌 | [ lín zhuàng xì baō aí ] squamous cell carcinoma |