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螫

shì

Character

What 螫 means

1. literary(of a bee or spider etc) to sting or bite

Other readings

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

• zhē(of a bee or spider etc) to sting or bite; (of an irritant) to make (one's eyes or skin) s

Example sentences

• 蜜蜂螫人可以是非常痛苦的。
  Mìfēng shì rén kěyǐ shì fēicháng tòngkǔ de.
  Bee stings can be very painful.

Words starting with 螫

• 螫中zhē zhòng(of a bee, jellyfish etc) to sting (sb)

Words containing 螫

• 蜂螫fēng zhēbee sting

Characters that look like 螫

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

• 整zhěng(bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole…
• 瞥piēto shoot a glance; glance; to appear in a flash
• 鳌áomythological sea turtle
• 螯áochela; nippers; claw; pincers (of crabs, lobsters, scorpions etc)
• 窿lóngcavity; hole
• 瞽gǔblind; undiscerning

Sounds the same

Read shì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 是to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true…
• 事matter; thing; item
• 视(literary, or bound form) to look at
• 室room; work unit; grave
• 世life; age; generation
• 市market; city; municipality (administrative unit)
• 试to test; to try; experiment
• 式type; form; pattern
• 示to show; to reveal
• 适to fit; suitable; proper
• 士member of the senior ministerial class (old); scholar (old); bachelor
• 释to explain; to release; Buddha (abbr. for 释迦牟尼