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
青 ⇒
青 Qīng/qīng, abbr. for 青海[Qīng hǎi], Qinghai Province, green/blue/black/youth/young (of peopl...
青少年 qīngshàonián, adolescent/youth/teenager
青蛙 qīngwā, frog/CL:隻|只[zhī]/(slang) ugly guy
青年 qīngnián, youth/youthful years/young person/the young
青春 qīngchūn, youth/youthfulness
青春期 qīngchūnqī, puberty/adolescence
年青人 年青 niánqīng, youthful
青睐 qīnglài, [青睞], (lit.) to fix one's gaze on/(fig.) to show interest in/(favorable) attention/fav...
青岛 Qīngdǎo, [青島], Qingdao, subprovincial city in Shandong
沥青 lìqīng, [瀝青], asphalt/bitumen/pitch
青霉素 qīngméisù, [青黴素], penicillin, penicillin
青梅竹马 qīngméizhúmǎ, [青梅竹馬], lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom)/fig. innocent children's games/childhoo...
青山 Qīngshān/qīngshān, Qingshan district of Wuhan city 武漢市|武汉市[Wǔ hàn shì], Hubei/Qingshan district of ...
青铜 qīngtóng, [青銅], bronze (alloy of copper 銅|铜 and tin 錫|锡[xī])
常青藤 chángqīngténg, ivy
青瓦台 Qīngwǎtái, [青瓦臺], Blue House (Cheong Wa Dae), residence of the president of South Korea in Seoul
明青 平步青云 píngbùqīngyún, [平步青雲], to rapidly go up in the world/meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc)
冬青 dōngqīng, holly
青菜 qīngcài, green vegetables/Chinese cabbage
小青年 xiǎoqīngnián, young person/youngster
鼻青脸肿 bíqīngliǎnzhǒng, [鼻青臉腫], a bloody nose and a swollen face/badly battered
青草 qīngcǎo, grass
常青树 青光眼 qīngguāngyǎn, glaucoma
垂青 chuíqīng, to show appreciation for sb/to look upon sb with favor
杀青 shāqīng, [殺青], to put the last hand to (a book, a film etc)/to finalize/to kill-green (a step i...
万年青 wànniánqīng, [萬年青], Nippon lily (Rohdea japonica)
青年人 qīngniánrén, young person/the young
青春痘 qīngchūndòu, acne
名垂青史 míngchuíqīngshǐ, lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn ete...
永葆青春 柏青 青木 Qīngmù, Aoki (Japanese surname)
青史 qīngshǐ, annal/historical record/CL:筆|笔[bǐ]
青色 qīngsè, cyan/blue-green
青豆 qīngdòu, green soybean/green peas
青椒 qīngjiāo, Capsicum annuum/green pepper
青天 qīngtiān, clear sky/blue sky/upright and honorable (official)
常青 chángqīng, evergreen
长青 名留青史 青筋 qīngjīn, veins/blue veins
炉火纯青 lúhuǒchúnqīng, [爐火純青], lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom)...
青鱼 qīngyú, [青魚], black carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)/herring/mackerel
青草地 青儿 青年团 qīngniántuán, [青年團], youth corps/youth wing of a political party
青云 qīngyún, [青雲], clear sky/fig. high official position/noble
青龙 Qīnglóng, [青龍], Azure Dragon, one of the four symbols of the Chinese constellations, also known ...
小青 青丝 qīngsī, [青絲], fine black hair/dried plum (sliced, as cake ingredient)
青鸟 铁青 tiěqīng, [鐵青], ashen
青翠 qīngcuì, fresh and green/verdant
青苔 qīngtái, moss/lichen
青云直上 qīngyúnzhíshàng, [青雲直上], rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom); rapid promotion to a high post/meteor...
青红皂白 qīnghóngzàobái, [青紅皂白], the rights and wrongs of a matter (idiom)
青铜器 qīngtóngqì, [青銅器], bronze implement/refers to ancient bronze artifacts, from c. 2,000 BC
青田 Qīngtián, Qingtian county in Lishui 麗水|丽水[Lí shuǐ], Zhejiang
青梅 靛青 diànqīng, indigo
乌青 wūqīng, [烏青], bluish black/bruise/bruising/CL:塊|块[kuài]
青花 qīnghuā, blue and white (porcelain)
宋青 青花瓷 qīnghuācí, blue and white porcelain
青壮年 qīngzhuàngnián, [青壯年], the prime of one's life
永垂青史 沥青路 青青 青藤 青葱 qīngcōng, [青蔥], scallion/green onion/verdant/lush green
纯青 青稞酒 紫青龙 明青学园 藏青 zàngqīng, see 藏青色[zàng qīng sè]
知青 zhīqīng, educated youth (sent to work in farms during the Cultural Revolution)
汗青 踏青 tàqīng, lit. tread the green; go for a walk in the spring (when the grass has turned gre...
青出于蓝而胜于蓝 qīngchūyúlánérshèngyúlán, [青出於藍而勝於藍], lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom)/...
青稞 qīngkē, highland barley (grown in Tibet and Qinghai)/qingke barley
青瓷 qīngcí, celadon (pottery)
青灯 青桐 青森 Qīngsēn, Aomori prefecture at the far north of Japan's main island Honshū 本州[Běn zhōu]
青松 qīngsōng, pine tree
黄绿青 和青田 青蒜 qīngsuàn, garlic shoots and leaves
青翠欲滴 青燕 于青萍 江青 JiāngQīng, Jiang Qing (1914-1991), Mao Zedong's fourth wife and leader of the Gang of Four
芝士青 青尼 明青成