ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
- 1
v.criticize; mock; ridicule
讽刺
satire
讥刺
ridicule
- 2
v.fmlstimulate; irritate the senses
刺耳
ear-piercing
阳光直刺我的眼睛。
The sunlight is irritating my eyes.
刺鼻
irritating the nose
- 3
v.prick; stab; pierce; thrust
玫瑰刺手。
Roses are prickly to the touch.
我被针刺了一下。
I get pricked by a needle.
他被剪刀刺了一下。
He was stabbed with a pair of scissors.
- 4
n.thorn; splinter; prickle; spine
手指上扎了刺。
There's a thorn stuck in the finger.
多刺的灌木
prickly bush
他说话总带刺。
There's always a sting in his words.
- 5
v.assassinate
遇刺
be assassinated
- 6
n.sharp, small raised spot on the skin or surface of something
粉刺
acne
- 7
v.detect; pry (about/into); scout
刺探
spy
- 8
n.fmlvisiting card
名刺
name card
Words and phrases with 刺
- 刺激剂[word]stimulant
- 刺柏[word]Chinese juniper
- 刺刀[word]bayonet
- 刺绣机[word]embroidery machine
- 刺配[word]tattoo the face of a criminal and send him into exile
- 刺鼻[word]pungent
- 刺手[word]needle-holding hand
- 刺眼[word]too bright to see clearly; irritating/offending/unpleasant/harsh to the eye
- 刺鱼[word]stickleback
- 刺刺不休[idiom]talk incessantly
- 刺股读书[idiom]study hard in defiance of hardships
Word usage
- common measure word"刺" is often matched with measure word "根".
一根刺
one thorn