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Definitions

  1. 1. thorn
  2. 2. sting
  3. 3. thrust
  4. 4. to prick
  5. 5. to pierce
  6. 6. to stab
  7. 7. to assassinate
  8. 8. to murder

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 5574476)

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Words Containing 刺

挑刺
tiāo cì

to carp

刺丝囊
cì sī náng

nematocyst

刺芹菇
cì qín gū

king trumpet mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii)

刺桐
cì tóng

Indian coral tree

刀刺性痛
dāo cì xìng tòng

lancing pain

海刺芹
hǎi cì qín

sea holly (Eryngium maritimum)

遇刺
yù cì

to be attacked by an assassin

头悬梁,锥刺股
tóu xuán liáng , zhuī cì gǔ

lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom)

刺激物
cì jī wù

stimulus

择刺
zhái cì

to pick out the bones in a fish

戳刺感
chuō cì gǎn

pins and needles (in muscle)

刺死
cì sǐ

to stab to death

刺骨
cì gǔ

piercing

马刺
mǎ cì

spur (on riding boots)

刺花
cì huā

to tattoo

穿刺
chuān cì

(medicine) to puncture; to do a needle biopsy

刺字
cì zì

to tattoo

芒刺在背
máng cì zài bèi

feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom)

刺槐
cì huái

false acacia

眼中钉,肉中刺
yǎn zhōng dīng , ròu zhōng cì

a thorn in one's side

刺绣品
cì xiù pǐn

embroidery

寒风刺骨
hán fēng cì gǔ

bone chilling wind (idiom)

刺身
cì shēn

sashimi

粉刺
fěn cì

pimple

枪刺
qiāng cì

bayonet

刺丝胞动物
cì sī bāo dòng wù

Cnidaria (animal phylum including jellyfish and sessile polyps)

酒刺
jiǔ cì

acne

刺青
cì qīng

to tattoo

讽刺
fěng cì

to satirize

刺绣
cì xiù

to embroider

刺柏
cì bǎi

Chinese juniper

纹刺
wén cì

to tattoo

眼中刺
yǎn zhōng cì

a thorn in one's eye

刺苋
cì xiàn

prickly amaranth (Amaranthus spinosus)

刺破
cì pò

to puncture

话中有刺
huà zhōng yǒu cì

one's words carry barbs

刺激
cì jī

to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite

羊膜穿刺术
yáng mó chuān cì shù

amniocentesis

刺戳
cì chuō

to stab; to pierce

刺刀
cì dāo

bayonet

刺戟
cì jǐ

see 刺激[cì jī]

越南刺鳑鲏
yuè nán cì páng pí

Acanthorhodeus tonkinensis Vaillant (small carp)

冲刺
chōng cì

(sports) to sprint; to spurt; to dash

刺眼
cì yǎn

to dazzle

羊膜穿刺
yáng mó chuān cì

amniocentesis

名刺
míng cì

visiting card

刺耳
cì ěr

ear-piercing

刺丝胞
cì sī bāo

cnidocyte

刺激性
cì jī xìng

thrilling

刀片刺网
dāo piàn cì wǎng

razor wire

刺伤
cì shāng

to stab

刺胞动物
cì bāo dòng wù

Cnidaria (animal phylum including jellyfish and sessile polyps)

拨刺
bō cī

splash (of a fish)

倒刺
dào cì

barb

刺探
cì tàn

to pry into

鱼刺
yú cì

fishbone

拼刺
pīn cì

bayonet charge

刺目
cì mù

gaudy

刺鼻
cì bí

to assail the nostrils

刺穿
cì chuān

to skewer

刀刺
dāo cì

to stab

刺钢丝
cì gāng sī

barbed wire

悬梁刺股
xuán liáng cì gǔ

to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom)

针刺麻醉
zhēn cì má zuì

acupuncture anesthesia

拼刺刀
pīn cì dāo

bayonet charge

毛刺
máo cì

barb

刺猬
cì wei

hedgehog

刺刺不休
cì cì bù xiū

to talk incessantly

讥刺
jī cì

to ridicule

刺痛
cì tòng

to tingle; to sting; to have a sudden sharp pain; (fig.) to hurt deeply

兴凯刺鳑鲏
xīng kǎi cì páng pí

Acanthorhodeus chankaensis (small carp)

共刺激
gòng cì jī

(immunology) costimulation

挑毛剔刺
tiāo máo tī cì

to find fault

刺胞
cì bāo

cnidocyte

刺激素
cì jī sù

growth hormone

针刺
zhēn cì

to prick with a needle

毒刺
dú cì

venomous sting

带刺
dài cì

thorny

刺花纹
cì huā wén

to tattoo

骨刺
gǔ cì

spur

狙刺
jū cì

to stab from hiding

刺激剂
cì jī jì

irritant agent

刺中
cì zhòng

to hit with a piercing blow

踢马刺
tī mǎ cì

horse spur

刺客
cì kè

assassin

谋刺
móu cì

to plot to assassinate

行刺
xíng cì

to assassinate

对刺
duì cì

bayonet practice in pairs

多栽花少栽刺
duō zāi huā shǎo zāi cì

talk nicely and avoid disputes

肺刺激性毒剂
fèi cì jī xìng dú jì

lung irritant

肉中刺
ròu zhōng cì

a thorn in one's flesh

击刺
jī cì

to stab

刺杀
cì shā

to assassinate