纖細

See also: 纤细 and 繊細

Chinese

		fine; delicate; minute	fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender
trad. (纖細)		纖	細
simp. (纤细)		纤	细

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiānxì

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄢㄒㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cim¹ sai³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chhiam-sè / siam-sè

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiānxì
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄢㄒㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siansì
  - Wade–Giles: hsien¹-hsi⁴
  - Yale: syān-syì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianshih
  - Palladius: сяньси (sjanʹsi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cim¹ sai³
  - Yale: chīm sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsim¹ sai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: qim¹ sei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːm⁵⁵ sɐi̯³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiam-sè
  - Tâi-lô: tshiam-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiamsex
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiam³³ se⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiam⁴⁴⁻²² se²¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siam-sè
  - Tâi-lô: siam-sè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siamsex
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siam⁴⁴⁻²² se²¹/

Adjective

纖細

very thin; slender; fine; tenuous
small; insignificant

Japanese

Kanji in this term
纖	細
せん Jinmeiyō	さい Grade: 2
on'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 纖細 – see the following entry.

【繊細せんさい】

[adjective] delicate, fine (sensibility etc.)

[adjective] slender

[noun] delicacy

[noun] slenderness

(This term, 纖細, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)