細心

See also: 细心

Chinese

		fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender	heart; mind
trad. (細心)		細	心
simp. (细心)		细	心
anagram		心細／心细

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìxīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ sam¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sè-sim

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìxīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìsin
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-hsin¹
    • Yale: syì-syīn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihshin
    • Palladius: сисинь (sisinʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 細心／细心 細辛／细辛

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ sam¹
    • Yale: sai sām
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ sam¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ sem¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ sɐm⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-sim
    • Tâi-lô: sè-sim
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seasym
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sim³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /se²¹⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴/

Adjective

細心

1. paying careful attention to details; meticulous; attentive
2. (Hainanese) careful

Synonyms

• (meticulous):

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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)

 

• (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

Antonyms

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