刺 ⇒
刺 cī/cì, (onom.) whoosh, thorn/sting/thrust/to prick/to pierce/to stab/to assassinate/to ...
刺激 cìjī, to provoke/to irritate/to upset/to stimulate/to excite/irritant
讽刺 fěngcì, [諷刺], to satirize/to mock/irony/satire/sarcasm
刺伤 cìshāng, [刺傷], to stab
刺杀 cìshā, [刺殺], to assassinate/(military) to fight with a bayonet/(baseball) to put out (a baser...
刺客 cìkè, assassin
冲刺 chōngcì, [衝刺], to sprint/to spurt/to dash/big effort
刺刀 cìdāo, bayonet
刺绣 cìxiù, [刺繡], to embroider/embroidery
刺耳 cìěr, ear-piercing
遇刺 yùcì, to be attacked by an assassin
刺眼 cìyǎn, to dazzle/to offend the eyes/dazzling/harsh (light)/crude (colors)/unsightly
刺中 cìzhòng, to hit with a piercing blow
带刺 dàicì, [帶刺], thorny/(fig.) barbed/sarcastic
穿刺 chuāncì, medical puncture to extract bodily fluid (a tap)/body piercing/puncture
刺骨 cìgǔ, piercing/cutting/bone-chilling/penetrating (cold)
刺探 cìtàn, to pry into/to spy on/to probe into
粉刺 fěncì, pimple/comedo/blackhead/acne
行刺 xíngcì, to assassinate/to commit a murder
刺猬 cìwei, [刺蝟], hedgehog
刺鼻 cìbí, to assail the nostrils/acrid/pungent
肉中刺 ròuzhōngcì, a thorn in one's flesh
刺头 刺激性 cìjīxìng, thrilling/exciting/stimulating/irritating/provocative/pungent/spicy
鱼刺 yúcì, [魚刺], fishbone
芒刺在背 mángcìzàibèi, feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom)/uneasy and nervous/to be on pi...
毒刺 dúcì, venomous sting
穿刺术 蜂刺 刺针 骨刺 gǔcì, spur/bony outgrowth
倒刺 dàocì, barb/barbed tip (e.g. of fishhook)
刺儿头 cìrtóu, [刺兒頭], an awkward person/a difficult person to deal with
毛刺 máocì, barb/whiskers
刺激素 cìjīsù, growth hormone
刺柏 cìbǎi, Chinese juniper