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)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xìxì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄒㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sìsì
  - Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-hsi⁴
  - Yale: syì-syì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihshih
  - Palladius: сиси (sisi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sai³ sai³
  - Yale: sai sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: sei³ sei³
  - Sinological 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

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

Adverb

細(こま)細(ごま) • (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

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

Adverb

細(ほそ)細(ぼそ) • (hosoboso)

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

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN