Correct

仔细 vs 细致

/ zǐxì vs xìzhì /
Strokes

Formula

1
仔仔细细 (AABB)

Definition

仔细 and 细致 both are Adjectives, which means [careful; meticulous].

Example

仔细 and 细致 both mean "considerate, with great care even to the minute places".
1) In the examples ① ② ③ and ④, predicate, complement, and attributive, either 仔细 or 细致 can be used.

2) 细致 is rarely used as an adverbial, so in examples, ⑤ and ⑥ 仔细 is used.

3) 仔细 can be reduplicated into 仔仔细细, mostly used as adverbial (as in example ⑦). 细致cannot be reduplicated.
仔仔细细 (AABB)
1
fēicháng
非常
仔细
  
(
zhì
细致
  
)
  
,
dāng
chǎnpǐn
产品
zhìliàng
质量
jiǎncháyuán
检查员
hěn
shì
合适
  

He is very careful and suitable for a quality examiner.

2
zuòshì
做事
jiào
比较
hu
马虎
  
,
bu
不如
jiějie
姐姐
仔细
  
(
zhì
细致
  
)
  

I am not as careful as my sister, for I'm careless.

3
Duì
bìngrén
病人
de
X
X
guāngpiān
光片
  
,
shēng
医生
guānchá
观察
de
hěn
仔细
  
(
zhì
细致
  
)
  

The doctor examined the patient's X-film very carefully.

4
Zhè
shì
仔细
  
(
zhì
细致
  
)
huór  
活儿
  
,
de
yǒu
nàixīn
耐心
cái
háng
  

This is a delicate job, and you should be patent with it.

5
ěrduo
耳朵
tiē
zhāo
chuānghu
窗户
仔细
tīng
zhāo
wàimiàn
外面
de
dòngjìng
动静
  

She put her ear to the window to listen to what happened outside.

6
Zhuōmiàn
桌面
shàng
de
bānhén
斑痕
hěn
míngxiǎn
明显
  
,
仔细
kàn
  
,
jiù
kàn
chūlái
出来
  

The black spot on the table is not very obvious, and you will not see it if you are careless.

7
zuò
wán
hòu
  
,
yòu
zǎi
仔仔细细
de
jiǎnchá
检查
le
biàn
  
,
méiyǒu
没有
xiàn
发现
shénme
什么
cuò
错误
  

After I finished it, I examined it carefully and found few mistakes in it.

仔细 can also be used to remind a person to be careful, but 细致 cannot be so used.
8
de
zuǐ
kuài
de
hěn
  
,
zhè
shì
ràng
zhīdào
知道
le
  
,
仔细
chuán
chū
出去
  

He has a fast tongue;if he knows it,beware that he will spread it.

9
Tiānhēi
天黑
huá
  
,
kāichē
开车
仔细
diǎnr  
点儿
  

Is dark and slippery at night,so be careful at the wheel.

仔细 also means "frugal", while 细致 has no such meaning.
10
Yóu
由于
父母
guòzi
过日子
fēicháng
非常
仔细
  
,
suǒ
所以
háizi
孩子
men
yǎngchéng
养成
le
qínjiǎnjiéyuē
勤俭节约
de
hǎo
guàn
习惯
  

Because the parents lived a frugal life,their childre developed the good habit of thrift as well.

11
men
他们
jiāyòng
家用
qian
仔细
  
,
shōu
收入
suī
duō
  
,
shēnghuó
生活
shàng
méishénme
没什么
wèn
问题
  

Their family live a frugal life. though their income is not much,their life is not hard.

细致 also means "the workmanship of some objects is very exquisite and even so in the smallest details", while 仔细 has no such meaning.
12
Zhè
tào
zhuāng
西装
de
shǒugōng
手工
fēicháng
非常
zhì
细致
  

The workmanship of the suit is rery delicate.

13
Zhèxiē
这些
gōngpǐn
工艺品
jiāgōng
加工
zhì
细致
  
,
xíngzhuàng
形状
biézhì
别致
  
,
hěn
yǐn
吸引
rén
  

The workman ship of these arts crafts is deliate and they are shaped dedicatedly and very attractive.

14
Zuòjiā
作家
duì
xiǎoshuō
小说
zhōng
ge
zhǔyào
主要
rén
人物
de
xīn
心理
miáoxiě
描写
de
shí
fēn
zhì
细致
  

The writer gives a vivid account of the characters'mentality in the novel.

细致 sometimes also means "very fine in the grain of wood or cloth", while 仔细 has no such meaning.
15
Zhèzhǒng
这种
liào
木料
wén
纹理
zhì
细致
  
,
shì
适合
zuò
gāo
高级
jiā
家具
  

The grain of the wood s fine and is suitable for highgrade furniture.

16
zhǒng
那种
zhī
布织
de
hěn
zhì
细致
  

The cloth is woven very finely and close.