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


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