粗细

粗細

cūxì

noun #51,400

Meanings

1 thickness (of a cylindrical object), caliber
2 coarseness (of texture or work), level of refinement

Characters

thick (cylindrical), coarse

thin (cylindrical), fine

Examples

HSK 3

他做事不讲粗细，常常出错。

Tā zuòshì bù jiǎng cūxì, chángcháng chūcuò.

He doesn't care about coarse vs. fine in his work, so he makes frequent mistakes.

HSK 6

这两根线的粗细不一样。

Zhè liǎng gēn xiàn de cūxì bù yíyàng.

These two wires have different thicknesses.

Tips

usage

For cylindrical objects (wire, rope, noodles, branches) 粗细 means caliber/thickness. For workmanship it means the rough-vs-refined dimension. Compare with 厚薄 (thickness of flat/layered objects) - they don't interchange.

Stroke Order

粗 cū

细 xì