详 (xiáng) means Detailed (comprehensive). Below are 12 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
请 详 细介绍一下情况。
Qǐng xiángxì jièshào yíxià qíngkuàng.
Please describe the situation in detail.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 详细
这份材料写得很 详 细。
Zhè fèn cáiliào xiě de hěn xiángxì.
This document is written in great detail.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 详细
这条新闻报道很 详 细。
Zhè tiáo xīnwén bàodào hěn xiángxì.
This news report is very detailed.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 报道
这本书的注释很 详 细。
Zhè běn shū de zhùshì hěn xiángxì.
The annotations in this book are very detailed.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 注释
详 细资料请见邮件附件。
Xiángxì zīliào qǐng jiàn yóujiàn fùjiàn.
Please see the email attachment for details.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 附件
他在现场做了 详 细记录。
Tā zài xiànchǎng zuò le xiángxì jìlù.
He made detailed notes on the spot.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 现场
她安 详 地坐在院子里晒太阳。
Tā ānxiáng de zuò zài yuànzi lǐ shài tàiyáng.
She sat serenely in the courtyard, basking in the sun.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 安详
这本书 详 细记载了那段历史。
Zhè běn shū xiángxì jìzǎi le nà duàn lìshǐ.
This book records that period of history in detail.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 记载
历史书 详 细记载了那场战役。
Lìshǐ shū xiángxì jìzǎi le nà chǎng zhànyì.
The history book records that battle in detail.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 战役
这本书 详 细阐述了作者的理论。
Zhè běn shū xiángxì chǎnshù le zuòzhě de lǐlùn.
This book expounds the author's theory in detail.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 阐述
老人的神情十分安 详 ，像是睡着了。
Lǎorén de shénqíng shífēn ānxiáng, xiàng shì shuìzháo le.
The old man's expression was utterly serene, as if he were asleep.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 安详
这本书 详 细介绍了当地的风土人情。
Zhè běn shū xiángxì jièshào le dāngdì de fēngtǔrénqíng.
This book describes the local customs and conditions in detail.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 风土人情
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Words that contain 详
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Questions about 详
How is 详 used in a sentence?
This page shows 12 sentences using 详 (xiáng, "Detailed (comprehensive)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 详 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 详 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Where can I see the full entry for 详?
The dictionary page for 详 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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