详详细细 (xiáng xiáng xì xì) — in great detail; meticulously; exhaustively

Definition

Reduplication of 详细 used as an adverb meaning 'in great detail, leaving nothing out' — stronger and more exhaustive than plain 详细. Common in written-style narration and formal reports.

adverb
in great detailmeticulouslyexhaustively

Examples

  • 详详细细。
    Tā bǎ shì qing de jīng guò xiáng xiáng xì xì dì jiǎng le yí biàn.
    He told the whole story in great detail.
  • 详详细细。
    Diào chá bào gào zhōng xiáng xiáng xì xì dì liè chū le suǒ yǒu shù jù.
    The investigation report listed all the data in great detail.
  • 详详细细。
    Lǎo shī xiáng xiáng xì xì dì jiě shì le zhè dào tí de jiě fǎ.
    The teacher explained the solution to this problem in great detail.

Origin

Reduplicated word
构词法gòucífǎ
重叠chóngdiéReduplication

A syllable said twice — for affection, for softness, or simply because that is how the word is said.

详详detailed
详xiángdetailed详xiángdetailed
重叠Reduplication
细细fine
细xìfine细xìfine
重叠Reduplication

详 and 细 each contribute detail and fineness, and their repetition intensifies the sense of thoroughness.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 詳; 详 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech
Sound part声符shēngfú
羊
羊yáng詳xiáng
Same sound today

In the traditional form 詳, 言 points to speech, and 羊 supplies the sound.

Open 详 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 詳; 详 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
言言yánspeech
Sound part声符shēngfú
羊
羊yáng詳xiáng
Same sound today

In the traditional form 詳, 言 points to speech, and 羊 supplies the sound.

Open 详 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 細; 细 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
囟
囟xìn細xì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 細 pairs 糸, silk or thread, with 囟 for the sound. The simplified 细 is a later shorthand, and the old right part changed shape.

Open 细 →

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 細; 细 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mì
Sound part声符shēngfú
囟
囟xìn細xì
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 細 pairs 糸, silk or thread, with 囟 for the sound. The simplified 细 is a later shorthand, and the old right part changed shape.

Open 细 →

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