細細

Chinese

		fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender	fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender
trad. (細細)		細	細
simp. (细细)		细	细

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ sai³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìxì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìsì
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-hsi⁴
    • Yale: syì-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihshih
    • Palladius: сиси (sisi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ sai³
    • Yale: sai sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ sɐi̯³³/

Adjective

細細

1. (colloquial) very thin; very fine
2. (colloquial) very careful

Japanese

Alternative forms

• 細々

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
細	細
こま Grade: 2	こま > ごま Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こまごま [kòmágóꜜmà] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ma̠ɡo̞ma̠]

Adverb

細(こま)細(ごま) • (komagoma) 

1. small; little; various; trifling
2. minutely; particularly; in detail

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
細	細
ほそ Grade: 2	ほそ > ぼそ Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ほそぼそ [hòsóbóꜜsò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ho̞so̞bo̞so̞]

Adverb

細(ほそ)細(ぼそ) • (hosoboso) 

1. thin; slender; faint
2. poor; narrow (of road, livelihood, etc.)