細活

Chinese

		fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender	to live; alive; living to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
trad. (細活)		細	活
simp. (细活)		细	活

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìhuó

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ wut⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìhuó
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhuó
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-huo²
    • Yale: syì-hwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihhwo
    • Palladius: сихо (sixo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ xu̯ɔ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìhuór
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄏㄨㄛˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhuór
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-huo²-ʼrh
    • Yale: syì-hwór
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihhwol
    • Palladius: сихор (sixor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ xu̯ɔɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ wut⁶
    • Yale: sai wuht
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ wut⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ wud⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ wuːt̚²/

Noun

細活

1. job requiring fine workmanship or meticulous care; skilled work; high precision job

   這可是細活，不能有一星半點差錯。 [MSC, trad.]
   这可是细活，不能有一星半点差错。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhè kě shì xìhuó, bùnéng yǒu yīxīngbàndiǎn chācuò. [Pinyin]

   This is a high precision job. There mustn't be the slightest slip.

Synonyms

• 細工／细工 (xìgōng)
• (Hokkien) 幼工課／幼工课, 幼穡／幼穑