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刺

cì

HSK 6 Character

What 刺 means

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

Other readings

刺 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• cīwhoosh

Example sentences

• 玫瑰有刺。
  Roses have thorns.
• 她有刺青吗？
  Tā yǒu cìqīng ma?
  Does she have any tattoos?
• 刺猬很可爱。
  Cìwei hěn kě'ài.
  Hedgehogs are cute.
• 我喜欢吃刺身。
  Wǒ xǐhuan chī cìshēn.
  I like sashimi.
• 奥利弗有粉刺。
  Oliver has an acne problem.
• 汤姆企图刺我。
  Tom tried to stab me.

Words starting with 刺

• 刺激cì jīto provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant
• 刺耳cì ěrear-piercing
• 刺眼cì yǎnto dazzle; to offend the eyes; dazzling
• 刺痛cì tòngto tingle; to sting; to have a sudden sharp pain; (fig.) to hurt deeply; tingle; prick…
• 刺史cì shǐprovincial governor (old)
• 刺刀cì dāobayonet
• 刺骨cì gǔpiercing; cutting; bone-chilling
• 刺绣cì xiùto embroider; embroidery
• 刺杀cì shāto assassinate; (military) to fight with a bayonet; (baseball) to put out (a baserunner)
• 刺客cì kèassassin
• 刺猬cì weihedgehog
• 刺伤cì shāngto stab
• 刺鼻cì bíto assail the nostrils; acrid; pungent
• 刺激性cì jī xìngthrilling; exciting; stimulating
• 刺破cì pòto puncture; to pierce
• 刺探cì tànto pry into; to spy on; to probe into
• 刺目cì mùgaudy; glaring; unpleasant to the eyes
• 刺死cì sǐto stab to death
• 刺儿cì ra thorn; fig. to ridicule sb; fig. sth wrong
• 刺中cì zhòngto hit with a piercing blow
• 刺字cì zìto tattoo
• 刺穿cì chuānto skewer; to impale; to pierce through
• 刺花cì huāto tattoo; tattoo
• 刺身cì shēnsashimi

Words containing 刺

• 讽刺fěng cìto satirize; to mock; irony
• 冲刺chōng cì(sports) to sprint; to spurt; to dash; to put in a big effort to achieve a goal as the…
• 马刺mǎ cìspur (on riding boots)
• 带刺dài cìthorny; (fig.) barbed; sarcastic
• 遇刺yù cìto be attacked by an assassin
• 穿刺chuān cì(medicine) to puncture; to do a needle biopsy
• 粉刺fěn cìpimple; comedo; blackhead
• 倒刺dào cìbarb; barbed tip (e.g. of fishhook)
• 名刺míng cìvisiting card; name card
• 对刺duì cìbayonet practice in pairs
• 挑刺tiāo cìto carp; nitpicking; petty criticism
• 择刺zhái cìto pick out the bones in a fish
• 击刺jī cìto stab; to hack
• 枪刺qiāng cìbayonet
• 毒刺dú cìvenomous sting
• 毛刺máo cìbarb; whiskers
• 背刺bèi cìto backstab
• 行刺xíng cìto assassinate
• 谋刺móu cìto plot to assassinate
• 酒刺jiǔ cìacne
• 针刺zhēn cìto prick with a needle; to treat by acupuncture
• 鱼刺yú cìfishbone
• 共刺激gòng cì jī(immunology) costimulation; costimulatory
• 找刺儿zhǎo cì rto find fault

Characters that look like 刺

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 到dàoto reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
• 利lìsharp; favorable; advantage
• 刮guāto scrape; to blow; to shave
• 剃tìto shave
• 剁duòto chop up (meat etc); to chop off (sb's hand etc)
• 剌làperverse; unreasonable; absurd

Sounds the same

Read cì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 次next in sequence; second; the second (day, time etc)
• 伺used in 伺候
• 赐(bound form) to confer; to bestow; to grant; (literary) gift; favor; Taiwan pr. sì
• 佽nimble; to help
• 絘ancient tax in the form of bales of cloth
• 朿stab
• 莿Urtica thunbergiana
• 蛓(literary) caterpillar
• 刾old variant of 刺