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Chinese symbol for “enumerate”

细数
xì shǔ
Traditional: 細數
to enumerate; to review (events, experiences etc) in detail

The closest CC-CEDICT match for enumerate is 细数 (xì shǔ), defined as: to enumerate; to review (events, experiences etc) in detail.

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Characters and stroke order

细 xì
fine, detailed; slender, thin
radical 120 ⽷ · 8 strokes
数 shǔ
count, number, several
radical 66 ⽁ · 13 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “enumerate”

WordPinyinMeaning
历数 (歷數)lì shǔto enumerate; to count (one by one)
数 (數)shǔto count; to count as; to regard as
枚举 (枚舉)méi jǔto enumerate
举 (舉)jǔto lift; to hold up
列举 (列舉)liè jǔa list; to list

Related words

Other words that share a character with 细数.

WordPinyinMeaning
详细 (詳細)xiáng xìdetailed; in detail
细节 (細節)xì jiédetails; particulars
细胞 (細胞)xì bāocell (biology)
仔细 (仔細)zǐ xìcareful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out
细菌 (細菌)xì jūnbacterium; germ
细致 (細緻)xì zhìdelicate; fine
数据 (數據)shù jùdata
人数 (人數)rén shùnumber of people

See also: Japanese symbol for “enumerate”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.