Chinese symbol for “niceties”
细微末节
xì wēi mò jié
Traditional: 細微末節
tiny insignificant details; niceties
The closest CC-CEDICT match for niceties is 细微末节 (xì wēi mò jié), defined as: tiny insignificant details; niceties.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 细微末节.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 详细 (詳細) | xiáng xì | detailed; in detail |
| 细节 (細節) | xì jié | details; particulars |
| 细胞 (細胞) | xì bāo | cell (biology) |
| 仔细 (仔細) | zǐ xì | careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out |
| 细菌 (細菌) | xì jūn | bacterium; germ |
| 细致 (細緻) | xì zhì | delicate; fine |
| 微博 | wēi bó | microblogging; microblog |
| 微笑 | wēi xiào | smile; 个 (gè),丝 (sī) |
| 周末 (週末) | zhōu mò | weekend |
| 节目 (節目) | jié mù | (TV or radio) program; show; item; act; segment; number (on the program of a concert, variety show or cultural event) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “niceties”.
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.