Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- xiān
English
- fine, delicate
- fine
- small; fine; slender; slim
- minute
- delicate
- graceful
- minute
粵語
- 幼細
As a component in
Variants
Words containing 纖
- 纖維cim1 wai4
fiber
- 光纖gwong1 cim1
optical fiber
- 纖細cim1 sai3
fine
- 纖體cim1 tai2
to get a slender figure
- 纖腰cim1 jiu1
slender waistline
- 纖巧cim1 haau2
delicate
- 玻璃纖維bo1 lei1 cim1 wai4
fiberglass; glass fiber
- 纖手cim1 sau2
delicate hands
- 纖小cim1 siu2
fine
- 高纖gou1 cim1
(of food) high in dietary fiber
- 纖度cim1 dou6
fiber fineness (usu. measured in terms of linear mass density)
- 纖美cim1 mei5
exquisite
- 纖密cim1 mat6
close
- 纖弱cim1 joek6
fragile
- 原纖維jyun4 cim1 wai4
(anatomy) fibril
- 纖塵cim1 can4
speck of dust
- 纖芯cim1 sam1
core (of a fiber)
- 化纖faa3 cim1
man-made fiber (abbr. for 化學纖維|化学纤维[hua4 xue2 xian1 wei2])
- 纖維狀cim1 wai4 zong6
fibrous
- 纖悉cim1 sik1
detailed
- 碳纖維taan3 cim1 wai4
carbon fiber
- 纖維膠cim1 wai4 gaau1
viscose
- 肌纖維gei1 cim1 wai4
muscle fiber
- 纖維叢cim1 wai4 cung4
fiber bundle (math.)