纤 (纖) xiān

1. xiān adjective fine; delicate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 柔美细长; for example, 纤手 'delicate hands' (Guoyu '纖' adj 2; Unihan '纖')
2. xiān adjective minute
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 细小 (Guoyu '纖' adj 1; Unihan '纖')
3. xiān adjective thrifty
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 节俭 (Guoyu '纖' adj 3)
4. xiān noun fine silk
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 精美的丝织品 (Guoyu '纖' n 1)

Contained in

• 纤微(纖微) slight; slim
• 高纤维(高纖維) high fiber
• 光导纤维(光導纖維) optical fiber
• 光纤分散式资料介面(光纖分散式資料介面) fiber distributed data interface; FDDI
• 纤芯(纖芯) core (of a fiber)
• 纤介(纖介) very small
• 不可溶性纤维(不可溶性纖維) insoluble fiber
• 化学纤维(化學纖維) synthetic fiber; chemical fiber
• 纤纤弱质(纖纖弱質) slender and graceful
• 原纤维(原纖維) fibril; protofilament
• 纤维蛋白(纖維蛋白) fibrous protein
• 肌原纤维(肌原纖維) myofibril
• 纤弱(纖弱) fragile; delicate
• 纤尘(纖塵) speck of dust; fine dust
• 神经纤维(神經纖維) neurofibril
• 纤瘦(纖瘦) slender; slim as a thread
• 纤密(纖密) close; fine; intricate
• 扯篷拉纤(扯篷拉縴) to hoist a sail and pull the towline; to give a helping hand
• 纤纤出素手(纖纖出素手) slender, slender, she puts out her white hand
• 碳链纤维(碳鏈纖維) carbon chain fiber
• 纤芥不遗(纖芥不遺) not even leaving stalks of grass behind; very thorough
• 光纤分布数据接口(光纖分佈數據接口) FDDI / Fiber Distributed Data Interface
• 可溶性纤维(可溶性纖維) soluble fiber
• 玻璃纤维(玻璃纖維) fiberglass; glass fiber
• 纤道(縴道) towpath (along a canal)
• 纤纤(纖纖) slim; slender
• 光纤衰减(光纖衰減) optical attenuation
• 纤手(纖手) delicate hands; woman's tender and soft hands
• 纤维状(纖維狀) fibrous
• 膳食纤维(膳食纖維) dietary fiber
• 中密度纤维板(中密度纖維板) medium-density fiberboard (MDF)
• 神经纤维瘤(神經纖維瘤) neurofibroma
• 纤柔(纖柔) delicate; fine
• 纤维素(纖維素) cellulose
• 纤毫(纖毫) very small
• 纤纤玉手(纖纖玉手) slender white hands
• 中间纤维(中間纖維) intermediate filament
• 纤维胶(纖維膠) viscose
• 拉纤(拉縴) to tow; to pull a rope across a river ; to act as a go between ; to bribe
• 玉手纤纤(玉手纖纖) slender white hands
• 光纤电缆(光纖電纜) optical fiber; optical cable
• 纤屑(纖屑) fine detail
• 纤体(纖體) to get a slender figure; slimming
• 聚酯纤维(聚酯纖維) polyester fiber
• 拉纤扯篷(拉縴扯篷) to pull up ropes and hoist sail; to help out
• 纤毛(纖毛) cilium
• 纤美(纖美) exquisite; delicate and beautiful
• 纤维丛(纖維叢) fiber bundle
• 肌纤维(肌纖維) muscle fiber
• 纤尘不染(纖塵不染) untainted by even a small speck of dust; selfless and incorruptible

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古纤道

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• 卷三十三 志第九 曆三 Volume 33 Treatises 9: Calendar 3 History of Ming 明史 — count: 21
• 卷三十七 志第十三 曆七 Volume 37 Treatises 13: Calendar 7 History of Ming 明史 — count: 9
• 卷九十四 列傳第六十四 隱逸 Volume 94 Biographies 64: Hermits and Recluses Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 8
• 卷十八 Scroll 18 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
• 卷十九 Scroll 19 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7
• 卷十七 Scroll 17 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
• 卷二十一　列傳第九:　燕鳳 許謙 崔宏 張袞 鄧彥海 Volume 21 Biographies 9: Yan Feng, Xu Qian,Cui Hong, Zhang Gun, Deng Yanhai History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 5
• 卷十四 Scroll 14 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5
• 卷35 崔浩 Volume 35: Cui Hao Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 5
• 卷七 Scroll 7 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5

Collocations

• 纤芥 (纖芥) 春秋記纖芥之失 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷四 王道第六　Scroll 4 — count: 5
• 纤啬 (纖嗇) 纖嗇省用 — Guanzi 管子, 五輔第十 Chapter 10: Wu Fu — count: 4
• 纤七 (纖七) 纖七日 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝文本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowen Emperor — count: 4
• 宋纤 (宋纖) 宋纖 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷九十四 列傳第六十四 隱逸 Volume 94 Biographies 64: Hermits and Recluses — count: 4
• 纤罗 (纖羅) 纖羅 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru — count: 3
• 玄纤 (玄纖) 厥篚玄纖 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹貢 Xia Shu - Tribute of Yu — count: 3
• 洪纤 (洪纖) 舖觀二代洪纖之度 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十下 班彪列傳 Volume 40b: Biography of Ban Biao 2 — count: 3
• 纤离 (纖離) 纖離 — Xunzi 荀子, 性惡篇第二十三 Chapter 23: Human Nature is Evil — count: 3
• 纤纩 (纖纊) 棐纖纊 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷二十八上 地理志 Volume 28a: Treatise on Geography 1 — count: 2
• 纤缟 (纖縞) 其篚玄纖縞 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《夏本紀》 Annals of Xia — count: 2