心細

Chinese

		heart; mind	fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender
trad. (心細)		心	細
simp. (心细)		心	细
anagram		細心／细心

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīnxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sam¹ sai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīnxì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sinsì
    • Wade–Giles: hsin¹-hsi⁴
    • Yale: syīn-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinshih
    • Palladius: синьси (sinʹsi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sam¹ sai³
    • Yale: sām sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sam¹ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sem¹ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐm⁵⁵ sɐi̯³³/

Adjective

心細

1. careful; scrupulous

   膽大心細／胆大心细  ―  dǎndà xīnxì  ―  bold but cautious

2. oversensitive; suspicious

Synonyms

• (careful): 細心／细心 (xìxīn)
• (oversensitive): 多心 (duōxīn)

Derived terms

• 心細如髮 / 心细如发
• 膽大心細 / 胆大心细