详 (xiáng): detailed, comprehensive
详 (xiáng) is a Chinese character meaning “detailed.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 讠 (semantic) and 羊 (phonetic). It ranks #1430 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 详 speech. Its radical form 讠 (speech) appears in many related characters such as 认 (rèn, to recognize, to admit), 记 (jì, to remember, to record), 识 (shí, to know, knowledge).
Definitions
- detailed
- comprehensive
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 详
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 详情noun | xiáng qíng | details |
| 安详adjective | ān xiáng | serene |
| 不详adjective | bù xiáng | not in detail |
| 详尽adjective | xiáng jìn | thorough and detailed |
| 周详adjective | zhōu xiáng | meticulous |
| 耳熟能详phrase | ěr shú néng xiáng | what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom) |
| 详实 | xiáng shí | detailed and reliable |
| 端详noun | duān xiáng | full details |
| 详解verb | xiáng jiě | to explain in detail |
| 语焉不详phrase | yǔ yān bù xiáng | to mention sth without elaborating (idiom) |
| 作者不详 | zuò zhě bù xiáng | author unknown |
| 作者未详 | zuò zhě wèi xiáng | author unspecified |
| 详尽无遗 | xiáng jìn wú yí | exhaustive |
| 愿闻其详phrase | yuàn wén qí xiáng | I'd like to hear the details |
| 详和 | xiáng hé | serene |
详 appears in 26 compound words: 50 as the first character, 50 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 详 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
请详细说明一下事情的经过，不要遗漏任何细节。
Qǐng xiángxì shuōmíng yīxià shìqing de jīngguò, bùyào yílòu rènhé xìjié.
Please explain in detail what happened; don't omit any details.
陆春节假期创多项新高 详解数据背后的强劲活力
lù chūn jié jiǎ qī chuàng duō xiàng xīn gāo xiáng jiě shǔ jù bèi hòu de qiáng jìn huó lì
Lu Spring Festival holiday hit a number of new highs Explain the strong vitality behind the data in detail
...3.12起海外发售 焦点港将赛程+票价+详情
. . . 3 . 1 2 qǐ hǎi wài fā shòu jiāo diǎn gǎng jiāng sài chéng piào jià xiáng qíng
... 3.12 Overseas sales Focus Port Schedule + Ticket + Details
美官员据报称若收到伊朗详细方案美方准备再与伊方举行核谈判
měi guān yuán jù bào chèn ruò shōu dào yī lǎng xiáng xì fāng àn měi fāng zhǔn bèi zài yǔ yī fāng jǔ háng hé tán pàn
U.S. officials reportedly said that if they receive a detailed plan from Iran, the United States is ready to hold nuclear negotiations with Iran again
不只换轮胎那么简单:比亚迪详解澳洲车型本地化调校细节,悬架更硬更偏欧...
bù zhī huàn lún tāi nà má jiǎn dān : bǐ yà dí xiáng jiě ào zhōu chē xíng běn dì huà diào jiào xì jié , xuán jià gēng yìng gēng piān ōu . . .
It's not as simple as changing tires: BYD explains the details of the localization of Australian models in detail, and the suspension is stiffer and more European...
...26年最新政策通知消息:手机家电汽车国补详..
. . . nián zuì xīn zhèng cè tōng zhī xiāo xī shǒu jī jiā diàn qì chē guó bǔ xiáng . .
... ...26 years of the latest policy notice news: cell phone home appliances car state subsidies detailed ...
汤姆拒绝提供详细信息。
Tāngmǔ jùjué tígōng xiángxì xìnxī.
Tom declined to give details.
她在睡眠中安详地去世了。
Tā zài shuìmián zhōng ānxiáng de qùshì le.
She passed away peacefully in her sleep.
他为我做了详细说明。
Tā wèi wǒ zuò le xiángxì shuōmíng.
He explained it to me in detail.
我下周会详细说明的。
Wǒ xiàzhōu huì xiángxì shuōmíng de.
I'll explain it in detail next week.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 讠 (speech) component
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