"Prick" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 刺 |  cì | thorn / sting / thrust / to prick / to pierce / to stab / to assassinate / to murder |   |
| 刺痛 | cì tòng | to tingle / to sting / to have a sudden sharp pain / (fig.) to hurt deeply / tingle / prick / sting / stab of pain | |
| 挑 | tiǎo | to raise / to dig up / to poke / to prick / to incite / to stir up | |
| 茦 | cè | pointed grass blade / to prick | |
| 剟 | duō | to prick / to cut blocks, to engrave | |
| 扎穿 | zhā chuān | to prick / to puncture | |
| 竖起 | shù qǐ | to erect (a tent etc) / to prick up (one's ears) / to raise (one's eyebrows) / to stick up (one's thumb) / to turn up (one's collar) / (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers) | |
| 针刺 | zhēn cì | to prick with a needle / to treat by acupuncture | |
| 一针见血 | yī zhēn jiàn xiě | lit. to draw blood on the first prick (idiom) / fig. to hit the nail on the head | |
| 倾耳细听 | qīng ěr xì tīng | to prick up one's ear and listen carefully | |
| 倾耳 | qīng ěr | to prick up one's ear / to listen attentively | |
| 装屄 | zhuāng bī | to act like a pretentious prick | |
| 竖起耳朵 | shù qǐ ěr duo | to prick up one's ears / to strain to hear sth | |
| 劄 | zhā | to prick with a needle | |
