細膩

細膩

See also: 细腻

Chinese

		fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender	greasy; tired of
trad. (細膩)		細	膩
simp. (细腻)		细	腻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìnì

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄋㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sai³ nei⁶
• Min Dong (BUC): sá̤-nê
• Min Nan (POJ): sòe-lī / sè-jī / sè-lī / sòe-jī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìnì
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄋㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìnì
    • Wade–Giles: hsi⁴-ni⁴
    • Yale: syì-nì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihnih
    • Palladius: сини (sini)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ ni⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sai³ nei⁶
    • Yale: sai neih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sai³ nei⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sei³ néi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐi̯³³ nei̯²²/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: sá̤-nê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛ²¹³⁻⁵³ nˡɛi²⁴²/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Philippines, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòe-lī
    • Tâi-lô: suè-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soeali
    • IPA (Taipei): /sue¹¹⁻⁵³ li³³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /sue²¹⁻⁴² li²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /sue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sue²¹⁻⁵³ li²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-jī
    • Tâi-lô: sè-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seaji
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ ʑi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /se²¹⁻⁵³ d͡ʑi²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Singapore, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-lī
    • Tâi-lô: sè-lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seali
    • IPA (Singapore): /se²¹⁻⁴² li²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ li⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /se¹¹⁻⁵³ li³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /se²¹⁻⁴¹ li³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /se²¹⁻⁵³ li²²/
  • (Hokkien: dated in Xiamen, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sòe-jī
    • Tâi-lô: suè-jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: soeaji
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sue²¹⁻⁵³ d͡ʑi²²/
    • IPA (Singapore): /sue²¹⁻⁴² d͡ʑi²²/

Note:

• Xiamen, Quanzhou:
  • sòe-lī - colloquial;
  • sè-lī - literary.

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• Middle Chinese: /sei^H  ɳˠiɪ^H/

Rime
Character	細	膩
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	心 (16)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	齊 (39)	脂 (17)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	III
Fanqie	蘇計切	女利切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/seiH/	/ɳˠiɪH/
Pan Wuyun	/seiH/	/ɳᵚiH/
Shao Rongfen	/sɛiH/	/niɪH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/sɛjH/	/ɳjiH/
Li Rong	/seiH/	/njiH/
Wang Li	/sieiH/	/niH/
Bernard Karlgren	/sieiH/	/niH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xì	nì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sai3	nei6

Adjective

細膩

1. (of writing, speech, etc.) exquisite; fine
2. (of texture) smooth; fine
3. (Min) careful; cautious

   出門著細膩。 [Min Dong, trad.]
   出门着细腻。 [Min Dong, simp.]

   chók-muòng duŏh sá̤-nê / [t͡sʰuʔ²⁴⁻²¹ muoŋ⁵³ tuoʔ⁵ sɛ²¹³⁻⁵³ nˡɛi²⁴²] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]

   Be careful when you are outside.

4. (Min) courteous; polite

   莫細膩。／莫细腻。 [Min Dong]  ―  mŏ̤h-sá̤-nê / [moʔ⁵⁻²¹ ^(s-)lɛ²¹³⁻⁵³ nˡɛi²⁴²] [Bàng-uâ-cê / IPA]  ―  Don't be too polite. / Make yourself at home.

Synonyms

• (exquisite):

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Synonyms of 細膩

健全 (jiànquán) 完善 (wánshàn) 完美 (wánměi) 工巧 (gōngqiǎo) 工致 (gōngzhì) 幼路 (Min Nan) 精妙 (jīngmiào) 精工 (jīnggōng)

精巧 (jīngqiǎo) 精彩 (jīngcǎi) 精美 (jīngměi) 精良 (jīngliáng) 考究 (kǎojiu) 精細／精细 (jīngxì) 精緻／精致 (jīngzhì) 細緻／细致 (xìzhì)

• (smooth):

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光溜 (guāngliu) (colloquial) 光滑 (guānghuá) 平滑 (pínghuá) 溜 (liū) (literary, or in compounds)

滑 (huá) 滑溜溜 (huáliūliū) (ideophonic) 滑潤／滑润 (huárùn) 𨤡／𬪺 (guàng) (Sichuanese)

• (careful):

Dialectal synonyms of 小心 (“careful”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		小心
Mandarin	Beijing	小心
	Taiwan	小心
	Guilin	小心
	Malaysia	小心
	Singapore	小心
Cantonese	Guangzhou	小心
	Hong Kong	小心
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	小心
	Singapore (Guangfu)	小心
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	細義
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	細義
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	細義
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	細義
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	細義
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	細義
Min Dong	Fuzhou	細膩
Min Nan	Xiamen	細膩
	Quanzhou	細膩
	Zhangzhou	細膩
	Kaohsiung	細膩
	Yilan	細膩
	Changhua (Lukang)	細膩
	Taichung	細膩
	Taichung (Wuqi)	細膩
	Tainan	細膩
	Taitung	細膩
	Hsinchu	細膩
	Kinmen	細膩
	Penghu (Magong)	細膩
	Penang (Hokkien)	細膩, 小心
	Singapore (Hokkien)	細膩, 小心
	Manila (Hokkien)	細膩, 小心
	Singapore (Teochew)	小心
	Wenchang	細心
	Singapore (Hainanese)	細心

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Synonyms of 細膩

不苟 (bùgǒu) (formal) 密切 (mìqiè) 小心 (xiǎoxīn) 慎密 (shènmì) 慎重 (shènzhòng) 板正 (bǎnzhèng) 精心 (jīngxīn) 鞠躬 (jūgōng) (literary) 仔細／仔细 (zǐxì) 嚴／严 (yán) 嚴肅／严肃 (yánsù) 嚴謹／严谨 (yánjǐn)

審慎／审慎 (shěnshèn) (formal) 慘淡／惨淡 (cǎndàn) 正經／正经 (zhèngjīng) 當心／当心 (dāngxīn) 精細／精细 (jīngxì) 細心／细心 (xìxīn) 細膩 (Min) 認真／认真 (rènzhēn) 謹嚴／谨严 (jǐnyán) 謹慎／谨慎 (jǐnshèn) 較真／较真 (jiàozhēn) (colloquial) 過細／过细 (guòxì)

• (courteous): 客氣／客气 (kèqi)

Antonyms

• (exquisite):

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缺 (quē)

Derived terms

枵鬼假細膩／枵鬼假细腻 (iau-kúi ké sè-jī)

細膩無蝕本／细腻无蚀本

Further reading

• “Entry #7797”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.