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 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 共刺激 gòngcìjī, (immunology) costimulation/costimulatory 兴凯刺鳑鲏 xīngkǎicìpángpí, [興凱刺鰟鮍], Acanthorhodeus chankaensis (small carp) 击刺 jīcì, [擊刺], to stab/to hack 刀刺 dāocì, to stab/to attack with knife 刀刺性痛 dāocìxìngtòng, lancing pain 刺丝囊 cìsīnáng, [刺絲囊], nematocyst/capsule of nettle cells of medusa or anemone 刺丝胞 cìsībāo, [刺絲胞], cnidocyte/nettle cell of medusa or anemone 刺丝胞动物 cìsībāodòngwù, [刺絲胞動物], Cnidaria (animal phylum including jellyfish and sessile polyps) 刺五加 cìwǔjiā, manyprickle (Acanthopanax senticosus), root used in TCM 刺儿 cìr, [刺兒], a thorn/fig. to ridicule sb/fig. sth wrong 刺儿李 cìrlǐ, [刺兒李], gooseberry 刺儿话 cìrhuà, [刺兒話], biting words/stinging words 刺刺不休 cìcìbùxiū, to talk incessantly/to chatter on and on 刺史 cìshǐ, provincial governor (old) 刺字 cìzì, to tattoo 刺戟 cìjǐ, variant of 刺激[cì jī], to irritate/stimulus 刺戳 cìchuō, to puncture/to pierce 刺桐 cìtóng, Indian coral tree/sunshine tree/tiger's claw/Erythrina variegata (botany) 刺槐 cìhuái, false acacia/Robinia pseudoacacia 刺死 cìsǐ, to stab to death 刺激剂 cìjījì, [刺激劑], irritant agent 刺激物 cìjīwù, stimulus 刺痛 cìtòng, stab of pain/sting/fig. stimulus to action/a prick 刺目 cìmù, gaudy/glaring/unpleasant to the eyes 刺破 cìpò, to puncture/to pierce 刺穿 cìchuān, to skewer/to impale/to pierce through 刺绣品 cìxiùpǐn, [刺繡品], embroidery 刺胞 cìbāo, cnidocyte/nettle cell of medusa 刺胞动物 cìbāodòngwù, [刺胞動物], Cnidaria (animal phylum including jellyfish and sessile polyps) 刺花 cìhuā, to tattoo/tattoo 刺花纹 cìhuāwén, [刺花紋], to tattoo 刺芹菇 cìqíngū, king trumpet mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii) 刺苋 cìxiàn, [刺莧], prickly amaranth (Amaranthus spinosus) 刺身 cìshēn, sashimi 刺钢丝 cìgāngsī, [刺鋼絲], barbed wire 刺青 cìqīng, tattoo 名刺 míngcì, visiting card/name card 多栽花少栽刺 duōzāihuāshǎozāicì, talk nicely and avoid disputes/give compliments and not remarks 头悬梁，锥刺股 tóuxuánliáng,zhuīcìgǔ, [頭懸梁，錐刺股], lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom)... 寒风刺骨 hánfēngcìgǔ, [寒風刺骨], bone chilling wind (idiom) 对刺 duìcì, [對刺], bayonet practice in pairs 悬梁刺股 xuánliángcìgǔ, [懸樑刺股], to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom)/see also 頭懸梁，錐刺股|头悬梁，锥刺股[tóu xuán li... 戳刺感 chuōcìgǎn, pins and needles (in muscle)/paresthesia 找刺儿 zhǎocìr, [找刺兒], to find fault 拨刺 bōcī, [撥刺], splash (of a fish) 择刺 zháicì, [擇刺], to pick out the bones in a fish 拼刺 pīncì, bayonet charge 拼刺刀 pīncìdāo, bayonet charge 挑刺 tiāocì, to carp/nitpicking/petty criticism 挑毛剔刺 tiāomáotīcì, to find fault/to carp/nitpicking 挑毛剔刺儿 tiāomáotīcìr, [挑毛剔刺兒], erhua variant of 挑毛剔刺[tiāo máo tī cì] 枪刺 qiāngcì, [槍刺], bayonet 海刺芹 hǎicìqín, sea holly (Eryngium maritimum) 狙刺 jūcì, to stab from hiding 眼中刺 yǎnzhōngcì, a thorn in one's eye/fig. a thorn in one's flesh 眼中钉，肉中刺 yǎnzhōngdīng,ròuzhōngcì, [眼中釘，肉中刺], a thorn in one's side 纹刺 wéncì, [紋刺], to tattoo 羊水穿刺 yángshuǐchuāncì, amniocentesis (used in Taiwan) 羊膜穿刺术 yángmóchuāncìshù, [羊膜穿刺術], amniocentesis 肺刺激性毒剂 fèicìjīxìngdújì, [肺刺激性毒劑], lung irritant 讥刺 jīcì, [譏刺], to ridicule/to mock 话中有刺 huàzhōngyǒucì, [話中有刺], hidden barbs in one's words/hostile subtext 谋刺 móucì, [謀刺], to plot to assassinate 越南刺鳑鲏 Yuènáncìpángpí, [越南刺鰟鮍], Acanthorhodeus tonkinensis Vaillant (small carp) 踢马刺 tīmǎcì, [踢馬刺], horse spur 酒刺 jiǔcì, acne/spots 针刺 zhēncì, [針刺], to prick with a needle/to treat by acupuncture 针刺麻醉 zhēncìmázuì, [針刺麻醉], acupuncture anesthesia 马刺 mǎcì, [馬刺], spur (on riding boots)