Chinese Notes

刺 cì

cì noun thorn; sting; prick
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 芒刺 'thorn' (Guoyu '刺' n 1)
cì verb to stab
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 扎入 (Guoyu '刺' v 1; Unihan '刺')
cì verb to assassinate; to murder
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 暗杀, as in 刺杀 (Guoyu '刺' v 2)
cì verb to prick; to irritate
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: For example, 刺眼 'to offend the eyes' (Guoyu '刺' v 5; Unihan '刺')
cì verb to prod
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Unihan '刺')
cì verb to ridicule; to mock
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 讽刺 (Guoyu '刺' v 3)
cì verb to secretly enquire about
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 刺探 (Guoyu '刺' v 4)
cì noun a business card
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In the sense of 名片 (Guoyu '刺' n 2)
cì proper noun Ci
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '刺' n 3)

Contained in

挑毛剔刺 to find fault; to carp; nitpicking
枪刺(槍刺) bayonet
刺猬(刺蝟) hedgehog
羊水穿刺 amniocentesis (used in Taiwan)
穿刺 medical puncture to extract bodily fluid (a tap); body piercing; puncture
刺穿 to skewer; to impale; to pierce through
刺儿李(刺兒李) gooseberry
招刺 to choose
谋刺(謀刺) to plot to assassinate
名刺 a business card
芒刺在背 feeling brambles and thorns in one's back; uneasy and nervous; to be on pins and needles
狙刺 to stab from hiding
羊膜穿刺术(羊膜穿刺術) amniocentesis
刺丝胞(刺絲胞) cnidocyte; nettle cell of medusa or anemone
肉中刺 a thorn in one's flesh
共刺激 (immunology) costimulation; costimulatory
挑刺 to carp; nitpicking; petty criticism
刺槐 false acacia
讥刺(譏刺) to ridicule; to mock
刺苋(刺莧) prickly amaranth (Amaranthus spinosus)
对刺(對刺) bayonet practice in pairs
刺花 to tattoo; tattoo
针刺(針刺) to prick with a needle; to treat by acupuncture
骨刺 spur; bony outgrowth
越南刺鳑鲏(越南刺鰟鮍) Acanthorhodeus tonkinensis Vaillant (small carp)
击刺(擊刺) to stab; to fight with swords ; fencing; swordsmanship
刺字 to tattoo
刺芹菇 king trumpet mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii)
刺儿头(刺兒頭) an awkward person; a difficult person to deal with
毛刺 barb; whiskers
刺身 sashimi
刺心 to stab ; to be very upset
马刺(馬刺) riding spurs
刺目 gaudy; glaring; unpleasant to the eyes
刺桐 Indian coral tree; sunshine tree; tiger's claw
刺痛 stab of pain; sting; stimulus to action; a prick
寒风刺骨(寒風刺骨) bone chilling wind
刺丝胞动物(刺絲胞動物) Cnidaria (animal phylum including jellyfish and sessile polyps)
刺戳 to puncture; to pierce
悬梁刺股(懸樑刺股) to study assiduously and tirelessly
多栽花少栽刺 talk nicely and avoid disputes; give compliments and not remarks
挑毛剔刺儿(挑毛剔刺兒) to find fault
刺五加 manyprickle (Acanthopanax senticosus), root used in TCM
鱼刺(魚刺) fishbone
刀刺性痛 lancing pain
粉刺 pimple; comedo; blackhead; acne
刺儿话(刺兒話) biting words; stinging words
刺客 assassin; murderer
刺激性 thrilling; exciting; stimulating; irritating; provocative; pungent; spicy
刺胞动物门(刺胞動物門) Cnidaria

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Collocations

刺幽王 (刺幽王) 刺幽王也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧谷風 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Gu Feng — count: 36
大夫刺 (大夫刺) 大夫刺之 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧芄蘭 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Wan Lan — count: 15
刺时 (刺時) 刺時也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧靜女 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Jing Nu — count: 14
人刺 (人刺) 衞人刺其上也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄘‧牆有茨 Lessons from the states - Odes of Yong - Qiang You Ci — count: 8
刺晋 (刺晉) 刺晉僖公也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧唐‧蟋蟀 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - Xi Shuai — count: 7
三刺 (三刺) 必三刺 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《王制》 Royal Regulations — count: 5
刺宣王 (刺宣王) 刺宣王也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧鴻鴈之什‧祈父 Minor odes of the kingdom - Hong Yan Zhi Shen - He Ming — count: 5
刺乱 (刺亂) 刺亂也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧丰 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Qian Chang — count: 5
刺衞 (刺衞) 刺衞宣公也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧邶‧雄雉 Lessons from the states - Odes of Bei - Xiong Zhi — count: 5
刺襄公 (刺襄公) 刺襄公也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧齊‧南山 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qi - Nan Shan — count: 4