細膩

See also: 细腻

Chinese

		fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender	greasy; tired of
trad. (細膩)		細	膩
simp. (细腻)		细	腻

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xìnì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄋㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ nei⁶
Eastern Min (BUC): sá̤-nê
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sòe-lī / sè-jī / sè-lī / sòe-jī

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìnì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄋㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìnì
  - Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-ni⁴
  - Yale: syì-nì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihnih
  - Palladius: сини (sini)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ni⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ nei⁶
  - Yale: sai neih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ nei⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei³ néi⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ nei̯²²/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sá̤-nê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ²¹³⁻⁵³ nˡɛi²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Philippines, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòe-lī
  - Tâi-lô: suè-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soeali
  - IPA (Taipei): /sue¹¹⁻⁵³ li³³/
  - IPA (Singapore): /sue²¹⁻⁴² li²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sue²¹⁻⁵³ li²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-jī
  - Tâi-lô: sè-jī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seaji
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /se²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zi²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ zi³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Singapore, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-lī
  - Tâi-lô: sè-lī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seali
  - IPA (Singapore): /se²¹⁻⁴² li²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ li⁴¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ li³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ li³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ li²²/
- (Hokkien: dated in Xiamen, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòe-jī
  - Tâi-lô: suè-jī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: soeaji
  - IPA (Xiamen): /sue²¹⁻⁵³ d͡zi²²/
  - IPA (Singapore): /sue²¹⁻⁴² d͡zi²²/

Note:

Xiamen, Quanzhou:
- sòe-lī - colloquial;
- sè-lī - literary.

Middle Chinese: sejH nrijH

Rime
Character	細	膩
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	蘇計切	女利切
Baxter	sejH	nrijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/sei^H/	/ɳˠiɪ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/sei^H/	/ɳᵚi^H/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛi^H/	/niɪ^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛj^H/	/ɳji^H/
Li Rong	/sei^H/	/nji^H/
Wang Li	/siei^H/	/ni^H/
Bernhard Karlgren	/siei^H/	/ni^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xì	nì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai³	nei⁶

Adjective

細膩

(of writing, speech, etc.) exquisite; fine
(of texture) smooth; fine
(Min) careful; cautious
出門著細膩。 [Eastern Min, trad.]
出门着细腻。 [Eastern Min, simp.]
chók-muòng duŏh sá̤-nê / [t͡sʰuʔ²⁴⁻²¹ muoŋ⁵³ tuoʔ⁵ sɛ²¹³⁻⁵³ nˡɛi²⁴²] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]
Be careful when you are outside.
(Min) courteous; polite
莫細膩。 [Eastern Min, trad.]
莫细腻。 [Eastern Min, simp.]
mŏ̤h-sá̤-nê / [moʔ⁵⁻²¹ ^(s-)lɛ²¹³⁻⁵³ nˡɛi²⁴²] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]
Don't be too polite. / Make yourself at home.

Synonyms

(exquisite):

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健全 (jiànquán)
完善 (wánshàn)
完美 (wánměi)
工巧 (gōngqiǎo)
工致 (gōngzhì)
幼路 (Hokkien)
精妙 (jīngmiào)
精工 (jīnggōng)
精巧 (jīngqiǎo)
精彩 (jīngcǎi)
精細／精细 (jīngxì)
精緻／精致 (jīngzhì)
精美 (jīngměi)
精良 (jīngliáng)
細緻／细致 (xìzhì)
考究 (kǎojiu)

(smooth):

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光溜 (guāngliu) (colloquial)
光滑 (guānghuá)
平滑 (pínghuá)
溜 (literary, or in compounds)
滑
滑溜溜 (huáliūliū) (ideophonic)
滑潤／滑润 (huárùn)
𨤡／𬪺 (guang⁴) (Sichuanese)

(careful):

Dialectal synonyms of 小心 (“careful”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小心
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	小心
	Taiwan	小心
	Malaysia	小心
	Singapore	小心
Southwestern Mandarin	Guilin	小心
Cantonese	Guangzhou	小心
	Hong Kong	小心
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	小心
	Singapore (Guangfu)	小心
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	細義
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	細義
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	細義
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	細義
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	細義
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	細義
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	細膩
Southern Min	Xiamen	細膩
	Quanzhou	細膩
	Zhangzhou	細膩
	Kaohsiung	細膩
	Yilan	細膩
	Changhua (Lukang)	細膩
	Taichung	細膩
	Taichung (Wuqi)	細膩
	Tainan	細膩
	Taitung	細膩
	Hsinchu	細膩
	Kinmen	細膩
	Penghu (Magong)	細膩
	Penang (Hokkien)	細膩, 小心
	Singapore (Hokkien)	細膩, 小心
	Manila (Hokkien)	細膩, 小心
	Puning	小心
	Singapore (Teochew)	小心
	Wenchang	細心
	Singapore (Hainanese)	細心

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不苟 (bùgǒu) (formal)
仔細／仔细 (zǐxì)
嚴／严 (yán)
嚴肅／严肃 (yánsù)
嚴謹／严谨 (yánjǐn)
墘角 (gièng-gáe̤k) (Eastern Min)
密切 (mìqiè)
審慎／审慎 (shěnshèn) (formal)
小心 (xiǎoxīn)
慎密 (shènmì)
慎重 (shènzhòng)
慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn)
板正 (bǎnzhèng)
正經／正经
當心／当心 (dāngxīn)
精心 (jīngxīn)
精細／精细 (jīngxì)
細心／细心 (xìxīn)
認真／认真 (rènzhēn)
謹嚴／谨严 (jǐnyán)
謹慎／谨慎 (jǐnshèn)
較真／较真 (jiàozhēn) (colloquial)
過細／过细 (guòxì)
鞠躬 (jūgōng) (literary)

(courteous): 客氣／客气 (kèqi)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “exquisite”):

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缺 (quē)

Derived terms

枵鬼假細膩／枵鬼假细腻 (iau-kúi ké sè-jī)
細膩無蝕本／细腻无蚀本

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