仔細

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

• (careful):

• (frugal):

• 粗心 (cūxīn)
• 大意 (dàyì)
• 馬虎／马虎 (mǎhu)
• 疏忽 (shūhu)

仔細

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

   • 若碰一點兒，你可仔細你的皮！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     若碰一点儿，你可仔细你的皮！ [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Cao Xueqin, Dream of the Red Chamber, mid-18^th century CE

     Ruò pèng yīdiǎnr, nǐ kè zǐxì nǐde pí!

     In case you make the slightest dent on it, you gotta watch your skin!

• (Tokyo) しさい (Heiban – )
• (Tokyo) しさい (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

仔(し)細(さい) • (shisai) -na (adnominal 仔(し)細(さい)な (shisai na), adverbial 仔(し)細(さい)に (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)に見(み)ると

   … o shisai ni miru to

   if we take a close look at …

   …を仔細(しさい)に検討(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、柳(やなぎ)の蔭(かげ)から透(すか)して、大道(だいどう)で倒(たお)れて苦(くる)しがっている者(もの)の、仔細(しさい)な観察(かんさつ)を続(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.

仔(し)細(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)の死骸(しがい)には少(すこ)しも疵(きず)のあとが無(な)いので、おそらく覚悟(かくご)して身(み)を投(な)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)を吟味(ぎんみ)しなければならないというので、女房(にょうぼう)のお徳(とく)はきびしく取(と)り調(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:

     長(ちょう)「親(おや)さえ得心(とくしん)ならば何(なに)も仔細(しさい)はあるまい、何(ど)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?

仔細

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