| 刺 | [ cī ] (onom.) whoosh |
| 刺 | [ cì ] thorn, sting, thrust, to prick, to pierce, to stab, to assassinate, to murder |
| 刺中 | [ cì zhòng ] to hit with a piercing blow |
| 刺五加 | [ cì wǔ jiā ] manyprickle (Acanthopanax senticosus), root used in TCM |
| 刺傷 | [ cì shāng ] to stab |
| 刺兒 | [ cì ] a thorn, fig. to ridicule sb, fig. sth wrong |
| 刺兒李 | [ cì lǐ ] gooseberry |
| 刺兒話 | [ cì huà ] biting words, stinging words |
| 刺兒頭 | [ cì toú ] an awkward person, a difficult person to deal with |
| 刺刀 | [ cì daō ] bayonet |
| 刺刺不休 | [ cì cì bù xiū ] to talk incessantly, to chatter on and on |
| 刺史 | [ cì shǐ ] provincial governor (old) |
| 刺字 | [ cì zì ] to tattoo |
| 刺客 | [ cì kè ] assassin |
| 刺戟 | [ cì jǐ ] variant of 刺激[ci4 ji1], to irritate, stimulus |
| 刺戳 | [ cì chuō ] to puncture, to pierce |
| 刺探 | [ cì tàn ] to pry into, to spy on, to probe into |
| 刺柏 | [ cì baǐ ] Chinese juniper |
| 刺桐 | [ cì tóng ] Indian coral tree, sunshine tree, tiger's claw, Erythrina variegata (botany) |
| 刺槐 | [ cì ] false acacia, Robinia pseudoacacia |
| 刺死 | [ cì sǐ ] to stab to death |
| 刺殺 | [ cì shā ] to assassinate, (military) to fight with a bayonet, (baseball) to put out (a baserunner) |
| 刺激 | [ cì jī ] to provoke, to irritate, to upset, to stimulate, to excite, irritant |
| 刺激劑 | [ cì jī jì ] irritant agent |
| 刺激性 | [ cì jī xìng ] thrilling, exciting, stimulating, irritating, provocative, pungent, spicy |
| 刺激物 | [ cì jī wù ] stimulus |
| 刺激素 | [ cì jī sù ] growth hormone |
| 刺痛 | [ cì tòng ] stab of pain, sting, fig. stimulus to action, a prick |
| 刺目 | [ cì mù ] gaudy, glaring, unpleasant to the eyes |
| 刺眼 | [ cì yǎn ] to dazzle, to offend the eyes, dazzling, harsh (light), crude (colors), unsightly |
| 刺破 | [ cì pò ] to puncture, to pierce |
| 刺穿 | [ cì chuān ] to skewer, to impale, to pierce through |
| 刺絲囊 | [ cì sī náng ] nematocyst, capsule of nettle cells of medusa or anemone |
| 刺絲胞 | [ cì sī baō ] cnidocyte, nettle cell of medusa or anemone |
| 刺絲胞動物 | [ cì sī baō dòng wù ] Cnidaria (animal phylum including jellyfish and sessile polyps) |
| 刺繡 | [ cì xiù ] to embroider, embroidery |
| 刺繡品 | [ cì xiù pǐn ] embroidery |
| 刺耳 | [ cì ěr ] ear-piercing |
| 刺胞 | [ cì baō ] cnidocyte, nettle cell of medusa |
| 刺胞動物 | [ cì baō dòng wù ] Cnidaria (animal phylum including jellyfish and sessile polyps) |
| 刺花 | [ cì huā ] to tattoo, tattoo |
| 刺花紋 | [ cì huā wén ] to tattoo |
| 刺芹菇 | [ cì qín gū ] king trumpet mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii) |
| 刺莧 | [ cì xiàn ] prickly amaranth (Amaranthus spinosus) |
| 刺蝟 | [ cì wei ] hedgehog |
| 刺身 | [ cì shēn ] sashimi |
| 刺鋼絲 | [ cì gāng sī ] barbed wire |
| 刺青 | [ cì qīng ] to tattoo, a tattoo |
| 刺骨 | [ cì gǔ ] piercing, cutting, bone-chilling, penetrating (cold) |
| 刺鼻 | [ cì bí ] to assail the nostrils, acrid, pungent |
| ⇒ 倒刺 | [ daò cì ] barb, barbed tip (e.g. of fishhook) |
| ⇒ 共刺激 | [ gòng cì jī ] (immunology) costimulation, costimulatory |
| ⇒ 刀刺 | [ daō cì ] to stab, to attack with knife |
| ⇒ 刀刺性痛 | [ daō cì xìng tòng ] lancing pain |
| ⇒ 刀片刺網 | [ daō piàn cì wǎng ] razor wire |
| ⇒ 刺刺不休 | [ cì cì bù xiū ] to talk incessantly, to chatter on and on |
| ⇒ 名刺 | [ míng cì ] visiting card, name card |
| ⇒ 多栽花少栽刺 | [ duō zaī huā shaǒ zaī cì ] talk nicely and avoid disputes, give compliments and not remarks |
| ⇒ 寒風刺骨 | [ hán fēng cì gǔ ] bone chilling wind (idiom) |
| ⇒ 對刺 | [ duì cì ] bayonet practice in pairs |
| ⇒ 帶刺 | [ daì cì ] thorny, (fig.) barbed, sarcastic |
| ⇒ 懸樑刺股 | [ xuán liáng cì gǔ ] to study assiduously and tirelessly (idiom), see also 頭懸梁，錐刺股|头悬梁，锥刺股[tou2 xuan2 liang2 , zhui1 ci4 gu3] |
| ⇒ 戳刺感 | [ chuō cì gǎn ] pins and needles (in muscle), paresthesia |
| ⇒ 找刺兒 | [ zhaǒ cì ] to find fault |
| ⇒ 拼刺 | [ pīn cì ] bayonet charge |
| ⇒ 拼刺刀 | [ pīn cì daō ] bayonet charge |
| ⇒ 挑刺 | [ cì ] to carp, nitpicking, petty criticism |
| ⇒ 挑毛剔刺 | [ maó tī cì ] to find fault, to carp, nitpicking |
| ⇒ 挑毛剔刺兒 | [ maó tī cì ] erhua variant of 挑毛剔刺[tiao1 mao2 ti1 ci4] |
| ⇒ 撥刺 | [ bō cī ] splash (of a fish) |
| ⇒ 擇刺 | [ zhaí cì ] to pick out the bones in a fish |
| ⇒ 擊刺 | [ jī cì ] to stab, to hack |
| ⇒ 槍刺 | [ qiāng cì ] bayonet |
| ⇒ 毒刺 | [ dú cì ] venomous sting |
| ⇒ 毛刺 | [ maó cì ] barb, whiskers |
| ⇒ 海刺芹 | [ haǐ cì qín ] sea holly (Eryngium maritimum) |
| ⇒ 狙刺 | [ jū cì ] to stab from hiding |
| ⇒ 眼中刺 | [ yǎn zhōng cì ] a thorn in one's eye, fig. a thorn in one's flesh |
| ⇒ 眼中釘，肉中刺 | [ yǎn zhōng dīng roù zhōng cì ] a thorn in one's side |
| ⇒ 穿刺 | [ chuān cì ] medical puncture to extract bodily fluid (a tap), body piercing, puncture |
| ⇒ 粉刺 | [ fěn cì ] pimple, comedo, blackhead, acne |
| ⇒ 紋刺 | [ wén cì ] to tattoo |
| ⇒ 羊水穿刺 | [ yáng shuǐ chuān cì ] amniocentesis (used in Taiwan) |
| ⇒ 羊膜穿刺術 | [ yáng mó chuān cì shù ] amniocentesis |
| ⇒ 肉中刺 | [ roù zhōng cì ] a thorn in one's flesh |
| ⇒ 肺刺激性毒劑 | [ feì cì jī xìng dú jì ] lung irritant |
| ⇒ 興凱刺鰟鮍 | [ xīng kaǐ cì páng pí ] Acanthorhodeus chankaensis (small carp) |
| ⇒ 芒刺在背 | [ máng cì zaì beì ] feeling brambles and thorns in one's back (idiom), uneasy and nervous, to be on pins and needles |
| ⇒ 行刺 | [ xíng cì ] to assassinate, to commit a murder |
| ⇒ 衝刺 | [ chōng cì ] to sprint, to spurt, to dash, big effort |
| ⇒ 話中有刺 | [ huà zhōng yoǔ cì ] one's words carry barbs, one's remarks are sarcastic |
| ⇒ 諷刺 | [ fěng cì ] to satirize, to mock, irony, satire, sarcasm |
| ⇒ 謀刺 | [ moú cì ] to plot to assassinate |
| ⇒ 譏刺 | [ jī cì ] to ridicule, to mock |
| ⇒ 越南刺鰟鮍 | [ yuè nán cì páng pí ] Acanthorhodeus tonkinensis Vaillant (small carp) |
| ⇒ 踢馬刺 | [ tī mǎ cì ] horse spur |
| ⇒ 遇刺 | [ yù cì ] to be attacked by an assassin |
| ⇒ 酒刺 | [ jiǔ cì ] acne, spots |
| ⇒ 針刺 | [ zhēn cì ] to prick with a needle, to treat by acupuncture |
| ⇒ 針刺麻醉 | [ zhēn cì má zuì ] acupuncture anesthesia |
| ⇒ 頭懸梁，錐刺股 | [ toú xuán liáng zhuī cì gǔ ] lit. with his head attached to a beam and stabbing his thigh with an awl (idiom), fig. to study assiduously and tirelessly |
| ⇒ 馬刺 | [ mǎ cì ] spur (on riding boots) |
| ⇒ 骨刺 | [ gǔ cì ] spur, bony outgrowth |
| ⇒ 魚刺 | [ yú cì ] fishbone |
