"Delicate" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 精致 | jīng zhì | delicate / fine / exquisite / refined |   |
| 细致 | xì zhì | delicate / fine / careful / meticulous / painstaking | |
| 娇气 | jiāo qì | delicate / squeamish / finicky | |
| 小巧 | xiǎo qiǎo | small and exquisite / delicate / fine (features) / compact / nifty | |
| 细腻 | xì nì | (of skin etc) smooth / satiny / delicate / (of a performance, depiction, craftsmanship etc) finely detailed / subtle / exquisite / meticulous | |
| 柔弱 | róu ruò | weak / delicate | |
| 娇嫩 | jiāo nen | tender and lovely / fragile / delicate | |
| 娇小 | jiāo xiǎo | petite / delicate / dainty | |
| 白嫩 | bái nèn | (of skin etc) fair / delicate | |
| 精工 | jīng gōng | refined / delicate / exquisite (craftsmanship) | |
| 秀气 | xiù qi | delicate / graceful | |
| 柔嫩 | róu nèn | tender / delicate (texture) | |
| 缜密 | zhěn mì | meticulous / careful / deliberate / delicate / fine (texture) | |
| 娇弱 | jiāo ruò | delicate | |
| 孱弱 | chán ruò | delicate / frail / impotent / weak | |
| 纤弱 | xiān ruò | fragile / delicate | |
| 纤巧 | xiān qiǎo | delicate / dainty | |
| 纤柔 | xiān róu | delicate / fine | |
| 细 |  xì | thin or slender / finely particulate / thin and soft / fine / delicate / trifling / (of a sound) quiet / frugal | |
| 纤 | xiān | fine / delicate / minute | |
| 娇 | jiāo | lovable / pampered / tender / delicate / frail | |
| 婧 | jìng | (literary) (of a woman) slender / delicate / (literary) (of a woman) talented | |
| 纤小 | xiān xiǎo | fine / delicate | |
| 婥 | chuò | weak / delicate | |
| 撚 | niǎn | to play tricks on or toy with / delicate / exquisite (Cantonese) | |
| 小巧玲珑 | xiǎo qiǎo - líng lóng | (idiom) dainty / delicate / exquisite | |
| 清秀 | qīng xiù | delicate and pretty | |
| 精妙 | jīng miào | exquisite / fine and delicate (usu. of works of art) | |
| 幽香 | yōu xiāng | delicate fragrance | |
| 小巧玲珑 | xiǎo qiǎo líng lóng | dainty and delicate / exquisite | |
| 纤手 | xiān shǒu | delicate hands / woman's tender and soft hands | |
| 弱不禁风 | ruò bù jīn fēng | lit. too weak to stand up to the wind (idiom) / fig. extremely delicate / fragile | |
| 眉清目秀 | méi qīng mù xiù | pretty / with delicate features | |
| 蝉翼 | chán yì | cicada's wing / fig. diaphanous / delicate texture | |
| 雅趣 | yǎ qù | elegant / refined / delicate and charming | |
| 春笋 | chūn sǔn | springtime bamboo shoots / fig. (of woman's fingers) tender and delicate | |
| 浆膜 | jiāng mó | serosa / serous membrane (smooth moist delicate membranes lining body cavities) | |
| 如花似玉 | rú huā sì yù | delicate as a flower, refined as a precious jade (idiom) / (of a woman) exquisite | |
| 嫋 | niǎo | delicate / graceful | |
| 嬝 | niǎo | delicate / graceful | |
| 嫰 | nèn | old variant of 嫩[nen4] / tender / delicate | |
| 纤美 | xiān měi | exquisite / delicate and beautiful | |
| 雅意 | yǎ yì | your kind offer / your valued advice / delicate interest and charm | |
| 粉艳 | fěn yàn | delicate colors (of a woman's complexion, a flower etc) | |
| 小女人 | xiǎo nu:3 rén | dainty and delicate girl / concubine | |
| 樱桃小嘴 | yīng táo xiǎo zuǐ | lit. cherry mouth (idiom) / fig. a delicate, ruby-lipped mouth | |
