仔細

See also: 仔细

Chinese

		fine; meticulous	fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender
trad. (仔細)		仔	細
simp. (仔细)		仔	细
alternative forms		子細／子细
anagram		細仔／细仔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zǐxì

  (Zhuyin): ㄗˇ ㄒㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi² sai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chṳ́-se
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chú-sè / chú-sòe / chír-sè

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ze² soi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zǐxì
    • Zhuyin: ㄗˇ ㄒㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zǐhsì
    • Wade–Giles: tzŭ³-hsi⁴
    • Yale: dž-syì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzyyshih
    • Palladius: цзыси (czysi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi² sai³
    • Yale: jí sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi² sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji² sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³⁵ sɐi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chṳ́-se
    • Hakka Romanization System: zii` se
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zi³ se⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sɨ³¹ se⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-sè
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zwsex
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ se²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chú-sòe
    • Tâi-lô: tsú-suè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zwsoex
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sue¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chír-sè
    • Tâi-lô: tsír-sè
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ se⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ze² soi³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsṳ́ sòi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɯ⁵²⁻³⁵ soi²¹³/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 仔細

1. careful; attentive; meticulous

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 不苟 (bùgǒu) (formal)
• 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)
• 細膩／细腻 (xìnì) (Min)
• 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)

 

Antonyms

• 粗心 (cūxīn)
• 大意 (dàyì)
• 馬虎／马虎 (mǎhu)
• 疏忽 (shūhu)

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 仔細

1. carefully; attentively; meticulously

   仔細檢查以免出錯。 [MSC, trad.]
   仔细检查以免出错。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zǐxì jiǎnchá yǐmiǎn chūcuò. [Pinyin]

   Check carefully to avoid mistakes.

Verb

仔細

1. to be careful; to be cautious

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (仔細):

• → Korean: 자세(仔細) (jase)
• → Vietnamese: tử tế (仔細)

(deprecated template usage)

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
仔	細

Adjective

仔細

1. chữ Hán form of tử tế (“decent; kind”).