仔細

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See also: 仔细

Chinese

fine; meticulous
fine; minutely; thin
fine; minutely; thin; slender
 
trad. (仔細)
simp. (仔细)
alternative forms 子細子细
anagram 細仔细仔

Pronunciation


Adjective

仔細

  1. careful; attentive; meticulous
    仔細檢查以免出錯 [MSC, trad.]
    仔细检查以免出错 [MSC, simp.]
    Zǐxì jiǎnchá yǐmiǎn chūcuò.
    Check carefully to avoid mistakes.
  2. (Northeastern Mandarin) frugal; thrifty; economical

Synonyms

  • (careful):
  • (frugal):

Antonyms

Verb

仔細

  1. to be careful; to be cautious
  2. (transitive) to be careful about; to mind; to watch; to look out for

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (仔細):
  • Korean: 자세(仔細) (jase)
  • Vietnamese: tử tế (仔細)

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Jinmeiyō
さい
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
子細

Pronunciation

Adjective

()(さい) (shisai-na (adnominal ()(さい) (shisai na), adverbial ()(さい) (shisai ni))

  1. minute, meticulous, detailed
    Synonyms: 詳細 (shōsai), 細か (komaka), 細かい (komakai), 詳しい (kuwashii)
    …を仔細(しさい)()ると
    … o shisai ni miru to
    if we take a close look at …
    …を仔細(しさい)検討(けんとう)する
    … o shisai ni kentō suru
    consider … in detail
    • 1931, 中里介山, 大菩薩峠 勿来の巻, 青空文庫:
      兵馬(ひょうま)は、(やなぎ)(かげ)から(すか)して、大道(だいどう)(たお)れて(くる)しがっている(もの)の、仔細(しさい)観察(かんさつ)(つづ)けようとします。
      Hyōma wa, yanagi no kage kara sukashite, daidō de taorete kurushigatte iru mono no, shisai na kansatsu o tsuzukeyō to shimasu.
      Hyōma tried to continue his meticulous observation of the person collapsed in the street and in anguish from the shade of the willow tree.

Inflection

Noun

()(さい) (shisai

  1. detailed circumstances, particulars
    Synonyms: 詳細 (shōsai), 委細 (isai)
    • 1925, 岡本綺堂, 半七捕物帳 むらさき鯉, 青空文庫:
      藤吉(とうきち)死骸(しがい)には(すこ)しも(きず)のあとが()いので、おそらく覚悟(かくご)して()()げたものであろうとは想像(そうぞう)されたが、たとい自殺(じさつ)にしても一応(いちおう)はその仔細(しさい)吟味(ぎんみ)しなければならないというので、女房(にょうぼう)のお(とく)はきびしく()調(しら)べられた。
      Tōkichi no shigai ni wa sukoshi mo kizu no ato ga nai no de, osoraku kakugo shite mi o nageta mono de arō to wa sōzō sareta ga, tatoi jisatsu ni shite mo ichiō wa sono shisai o ginmi shinakereba naranai to iu no de, nyōbō no Otoku wa kibishiku torishiraberareta.
      Tōkichi’s body showed no wounds at all, so it could be imagined that he purposely threw himself into the water, but even if it was a suicide, the particulars had to be investigated in some fashion, so his wife Otoku was questioned intensively.
  2. complicated circumstances, certain reasons
    仔細(しさい)あって
    shisai atte
    for certain reasons
  3. troublesome circumstances, problem, inconvenience, hindrance, objection
    Synonyms: 差し支え (sashitsukae), 差し障り (sashisawari), 異議 (igi)
    • 1893, 三遊亭圓朝, edited by 鈴木行三, 菊模様皿山奇談, 青空文庫:
      (ちょう)(おや)さえ得心(とくしん)ならば(なに)仔細(しさい)はあるまい、()うだ」
      Chō “Oya sae tokushin naraba nani mo shisai wa arumai, dō da”
      Chōsuke: As long as your parents consent, there shouldn’t be any problem. How about it?

Derived terms

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Adjective

仔細

  1. chữ Hán form of tử tế (decent; kind).