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HSK
to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite / irritant
HSK 4
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *刺* | 刺* | *刺
thorn / sting / thrust / to prick / to pierce / to stab / to assassinate / to murder
HSK 4
piercing / cutting / bone-chilling / penetrating (cold)
HSK 7-9
ear-piercing
HSK 7-9
to embroider / embroidery
HSK 7-9
stimulus
hedgehog
sashimi
bayonet
to tingle; to sting; to have a sudden sharp pain; (fig.) to hurt deeply / tingle; prick; sting; stab of pain
provincial governor (old)
to hit with a piercing blow
to pry into / to spy on / to probe into
troublesome person; difficult person to deal with
prickly amaranth (Amaranthus spinosus)
to dazzle / to offend the eyes / dazzling / harsh (light) / crude (colors) / unsightly
to puncture / to pierce
to assail the nostrils / acrid / pungent
to assassinate / (military) to fight with a bayonet / (baseball) to put out (a baserunner)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *刺* | 刺* | *刺
(onom.) whoosh
king trumpet mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii)
assassin
to stab; to pierce
thrilling / exciting / stimulating / irritating / provocative / pungent / spicy
to tattoo
chestnut rose fruit (hip of Rosa roxburghii), used in TCM
barbed wire
to skewer / to impale / to pierce through
manyprickle (Acanthopanax senticosus), root used in TCM
irritant agent
see 刺激
biting words / stinging words
to tattoo / a tattoo
gaudy / glaring / unpleasant to the eyes
Cnidaria (animal phylum including jellyfish and sessile polyps)
false acacia / Robinia pseudoacacia
to stab to death
gooseberry
cnidocyte / nettle cell of medusa or anemone
cnidocyte / nettle cell of medusa
embroidery
to stab
to tattoo / tattoo
to talk incessantly / to chatter on and on
Indian coral tree / sunshine tree / tiger's claw / Erythrina variegata (botany)
nematocyst / capsule of nettle cells of medusa or anemone
(onom.) sound of quick movement / Taiwan pr. [ci4leng2]
to tattoo
Cnidaria (animal phylum including jellyfish and sessile polyps)
Chinese juniper
a thorn / fig. to ridicule sb / fig. sth wrong


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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