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細

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Mandarin · pinyin xì

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細: xì · fine, tiny; slender, thin
细: xì · fine, tiny; slender, thin

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4 · xi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

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Cantonese word readings for 細. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(literary or Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Min) small; tiny; little
thin; slender
fine; delicate; exquisite
careful; detailed; meticulous
slowly; carefully; thoroughly; detailedly
trifling; trivial; unimportant
(of one's voice) soft
frugal; sparing
(literary or Cantonese, Hakka, Min) young; little
(Cantonese) to be younger than
(Hokkien, Hainanese, dialectal Cantonese) concubine

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