HSK 4 · Adjectives

详细 xiángxì “detailed” in Chinese

Traditional 詳細

What 详细 means

  1. detailed
  2. in detail
  3. minute

How to say 详细

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale详xiáng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale细xì4th tone, falling

详细 in a sentence

  1. 我想要更详细的信息。

    Wǒ xiǎngyào gèng xiángxì de xìnxī.

    I’d like more detailed information.

    Sentence #1944850 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 请你告诉我详细地址。

    Qǐng nǐ gàosu wǒ xiángxì dìzhǐ.

    Please tell me the full address.

    Sentence #420642 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 朋友向我详细说明了外语的学习方法。

    Péngyou xiàng wǒ xiángxì shuōmíng le wàiyǔ de xuéxí fāngfǎ.

    My friend explained to me in detail how to learn foreign languages.

    Sentence #13906252 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 详细 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 详 (xiáng) with each of its parts in a different colour
详xiángdetailed
  • 讠speech form of 言 · yánMeaning part
  • 羊sheep · yángSound part

讠 hints at the meaning (speech); 羊 (yáng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xiáng.

The character 细 (xì) with each of its parts in a different colour
细xìthin or slender
  • 纟silk form of 糸 · mìMeaning part
  • 田field · tiánSound part

纟 hints at the meaning (silk); 田 (tián) hints at the sound. Compare it with xì.

How to write 详细

详 8 strokes · 细 8 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

详细 (xiángxì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 详细 (xiángxì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 详细

Words with 详

安详ānxiáng · serene

Words with 细

仔细zǐxì · careful细节xìjié · details细菌xìjūn · bacteria细致xìzhì · careful细胞xìbāo · cell (biology)精打细算jīngdǎxìsuàn · careful budgeting

More words: Adjectives

特点tèdiǎn · characteristic (feature)危险wēixiǎn · danger香xiāng · fragrant相同xiāngtóng · the same严格yángé · strict严重yánzhòng · grave勇敢yǒnggǎn · brave优点yōudiǎn · strong point

FAQs

详细 (xiángxì) means “detailed” or “in detail”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it xiángxì: xiáng with a 2nd tone, then xì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 详细 is written 詳細. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiangxi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 详细 from the suggestions. Typing xiangxi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
详细 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.