仔细
HSK 4 (exam 2025)Old HSK 4
仔细 (zǐxì) · careful
仔细 (zǐxì) means “careful; carefully; thorough”. It is written with 2 characters: 仔 (small thing) + 细 (thin). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 仔细 is built
The characters
仔 zǐ · small thing
What 仔 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 子zǐ — child
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 乛 — bent stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 了liǎo / le — finish
细 xì · thin
What 细 is made of
- 纟sī — silk
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 田tián — field
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
Origin hint: 纟 gives the meaning, 田 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
请仔细检查一下。Qǐng zǐxì jiǎnchá yīxià.Please check it carefully.
你仔细看过这份资料吗？Nǐ zǐxì kàn guo zhè fèn zīliào ma?Have you looked through this material carefully?
Questions about 仔细
What does 仔细 mean?
仔细 (zǐxì) means “careful; carefully; thorough”.
How do you pronounce 仔细?
仔细 is pronounced zǐxì.
Which HSK level is 仔细?
仔细 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 牛仔裤niúzǎikùjeans
- 细节xìjiédetails
- 细致xìzhìcareful
- 详细xiángxìdetailed
- 精打细算jīngdǎxìsuànto budget carefully
- 细胞xìbāocell (biology)
- 细菌xìjūnbacteria
- 细心xìxīncareful
- 细xìthin
Learn 仔细 with its group
It is part of Old HSK 4 · Group 59: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.