= xi + Ø4
thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal
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How to pronounce 细

MandarinBanana teaches pronunciation with the Marilyn Method: every Pinyin syllable is one initial plus one final, the initial becomes a person, an animal or a deity, and the final becomes a place in your memory palace — with the tone deciding which part of that place the scene happens in. Remember the little story below for each half and the whole syllable comes back with them.

= xi initial

Xi is for Xi Shi (西施), one of the renowned Four Beauties of ancient China.

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+ Ø4 final

In the space station’s bathroom.

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细 character breakdown

Chinese characters are built out of smaller characters. Each component carries a mnemonic symbol - one concrete object that stands in for it - and a mnemonic story hands those objects to the person and the place that stand for the pronunciation. Learn a component once and every character that reuses it gets easier.

Component Translations
tián = ti + an2
field / farm / CL:片[pian4]
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= s + Ø1
"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]
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Characters with 细 as component

细 is not used as a component in another character.
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Words with 细

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careful / attentive / cautious
details / particulars
detailed / in detail / minute

Sentences with 细

tài
le
diǎn
 
 
diǎn
jiù
hǎo
le

Want to remember 细 for good?

Make it your learning target and MandarinBanana works out the shortest route to it: the two sounds its syllable is built from, then the components of the character itself, one short step at a time. No account needed to start.

thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal

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