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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xìxì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄒㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihshih
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ sai³
  - Yale: sai sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei³ sei³
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ sɐi̯³³/

Adjective

細細

(colloquial) very thin; very fine
(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

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) こまごま [kòmágóꜜmà] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ko̞ma̠ɡo̞ma̠]

Adverb

細細 (hiragana こまごま, rōmaji komagoma)

small; little; various; trifling
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

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) ほそぼそ [hòsóbóꜜsò] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ho̞so̞bo̞so̞]

Adverb

細細 (hiragana ほそぼそ, rōmaji hosoboso)

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

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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