stab; prick, irritate; prod

HSK 5 #1058

DEFINITIONS

刺 cì
  • thorn
  • sting
  • thrust
  • to prick
  • to pierce
  • to stab
  • to assassinate
  • to murder
刺 cī
  • (onom.) whoosh

STROKES

WORDS

dào cì barb; barbed tip (e.g. of fishhook)
gǔ cì spur; bony outgrowth
儿头 cì r tóu an awkward person; a difficult person to deal with
柏 cì bǎi Chinese juniper
激素 cì jī sù growth hormone
máo cì barb; whiskers
激 gòng cì jī (immunology) costimulation; costimulatory
dāo cì to stab; to attack with knife
性痛 dāo cì xìng tòng lancing pain
五加 cì wǔ jiā manyprickle (Acanthopanax senticosus), root used in TCM
傷 cì shāng to stab
儿 cì r a thorn; fig. to ridicule sb; fig. sth wrong
兒 cì r a thorn; fig. to ridicule sb; fig. sth wrong
儿李 cì r lǐ gooseberry
兒李 cì r lǐ gooseberry
儿话 cì r huà biting words; stinging words
兒話 cì r huà biting words; stinging words
兒頭 cì r tóu an awkward person; a difficult person to deal with
不休 cì cì bù xiū to talk incessantly; to chatter on and on
史 cì shǐ provincial governor (old)
字 cì zì to tattoo
戟 cì jǐ variant of 刺激[ci4 ji1], to irritate; stimulus
戳 cì chuō to puncture; to pierce
桐 cì tóng Indian coral tree; sunshine tree; tiger's claw; Erythrina variegata (botany)
槐 cì huái false acacia; Robinia pseudoacacia