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

这两根线的粗细不一样。

Zhè liǎng gēn xiàn de cūxì bù yíyàng.

These two wires have different thicknesses.

他做事不讲粗细，常常出错。

Tā zuò shì bù jiǎng cūxì, chángcháng chūcuò.

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

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