adjective HSK 4
Traditional 詳細
xiáng
detailed · meticulous · in detail

Meaning

详细 means detailed or thorough, describing something that contains complete information with all the specifics included. It emphasizes comprehensiveness and thoroughness in descriptions, explanations, or accounts of things.

Usage

Commonly used to describe reports, explanations, descriptions, or instructions that provide complete information. Can function as an adjective modifying nouns or as an adverb when used in the pattern 详细地 (xiáng xì de). Frequently appears in formal or professional contexts when requesting or providing comprehensive information.

Examples

  1. 01
    请你详细说明一下这个计划。
    Qǐng xiáng shuō míng xià zhège huà.
    Please explain this plan in detail.
  2. 02
    报告里有很详细的数据分析。
    Bào gào yǒu hěn xiáng de shù fēn .
    The report contains very detailed data analysis.

Characters

Common collocations

  • 详细说明
    xiáng shuō míng
    detailed explanation
  • 详细介绍
    xiáng jiè shào
    detailed introduction
  • 详细情况
    xiáng qíng kuàng
    detailed circumstances
  • 详细
    xiáng de
    in detail, detailedly

Antonyms

Origin

Both characters reinforce the concept of detail: 详 originally meant to examine carefully or elaborate, while 细 means fine or minute. Together they emphasize thoroughness and attention to small details.

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