# 細心
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xìxīn
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): sai$^3$ sam$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): se-sîm
    (Hailu, HRS): se$^ˇ$ sim$^ˋ$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): se$^4$ sing$^1$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sè-sim
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xìxīn
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄣ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sìsin
*** Wade–Giles: hsi$^4$-hsin$^1$
*** Yale: syì-syīn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shihshin
*** Palladius: сисинь (sisinʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi⁵¹ ɕin⁵⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$細心 / 细心 細辛 / 细辛
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sai$^3$ sam$^1$
*** Yale: sai sām
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sai$^3$ sam$^1$
*** Guangdong Romanization: sei$^3$ sem$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɐi̯³³ sɐm⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: se-sîm
*** Hakka Romanization System: se xim$^ˊ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: se$^4$ xim$^1$
*** Sinological IPA: /se⁵⁵ sim²⁴/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: se$^ˇ$ sim$^ˋ$
*** Sinological IPA: /se¹¹ sim⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: se$^4$ sing$^1$ [Phonetic: se$^1$ ling$^1$]
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sa̤̍-sing
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬe⁴²⁻⁵⁵ $^{(ɬ-)}$liŋ⁵³³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sè-sim
*** Tâi-lô: sè-sim
*** Phofsit Daibuun: seasym
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /se⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ sim³³/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /se²¹⁻⁵³ sim⁴⁴/

### Adjective

細心
* paying careful attention to details; meticulous; attentive
* (Hainanese) careful

#### Synonyms

* (meticulous):
* 不苟 (bùgǒu) (formal)
* 仔細 / 仔细 (zǐxì)
* 嚴 / 严 (yán)
* 嚴肅 / 严肃 (yánsù)
* 嚴謹 / 严谨 (yánjǐn)
* 墘角 (gièng-gáe̤k) (Eastern Min)
* 密切 (mìqiè)
* 審慎 / 审慎 (shěnshèn) (formal)
* 對重 / 对重 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
* 小心 (xiǎoxīn)
* 慎密 (shènmì)
* 慎重 (shènzhòng)
* 慘淡 / 惨淡 (cǎndàn)
* 持重 (chízhòng)
* 板正 (bǎnzhèng)
* 正經 / 正经
* 當心 / 当心 (dāngxīn)
* 精心 (jīngxīn)
* 精細 / 精细 (jīngxì)
* 細膩 / 细腻 (xìnì) (Min)
* 致重 (Hokkien)
* 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)
* 鞠躬 (jūgōng) (literary)
* 頂真 / 顶真 (dǐngzhēn) (dialectal)
* (careful):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 小心 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 小心 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 小心 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 小心 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 小心 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 小心 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 小心 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 小心 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 小心 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 小心 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 細義 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 細義 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 細義 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 細義 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 細義 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 細義 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 細膩 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 細膩 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 細膩 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 細膩 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 細膩 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 細膩 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 細膩 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 細膩 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 細膩 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 細膩 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 細膩 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 細膩 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 細膩 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 細膩 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 細膩, 小心 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 細膩, 小心 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 細膩, 小心 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 小心 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 小心 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 細心 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 細心 |

#### Antonyms

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