细
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Tiny in Chinese: 细微 (xì wēi)

xì wēi

tiny

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 細微1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1tiny
  2. 2minute
  3. 3fine
  4. 4subtle
  5. 5sensitive (instruments)

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细
微

Zhuyin

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ㄒㄧˋ

xì

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

ㄨㄟ

wēi

ㄨ/ uㄟ/ ei—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

细微

Simplified

細微

Traditional

Example sentences

See 细微 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 这两种颜色只有细微的差别。

    zhè liǎng zhǒng yán sè zhǐ yǒu xì wēi de chā bié。

    There is only a subtle difference between these two colors.

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Related words

细

xì

thin or slender

稍微

shāo wēi

a little bit

详细

xiáng xì

detailed

仔细

zǐ xì

careful

微笑

wēi xiào

smile

细节

xì jié

details

微信

wēi xìn

Weixin or WeChat (mobile text and voice messaging service developed by Tencent 腾讯)

细致

xì zhì

delicate

微博

wēi bó

microblogging

细胞

xì bāo

cell (biology)

细菌

xì jūn

bacterium

略微

lüè wēi

a little bit

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