| 刺激 | cì jī | to provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant |
| 刺 | cì | thorn; sting; thrust; to prick; to pierce; to stab; to assassinate; to murder |
| 刺史 | cì shǐ | provincial governor (old) |
| 刺刀 | cì dāo | bayonet |
| 刺杀 | cì shā | to assassinate; murderous |
| 刺绣 | cì xiù | to embroider; embroidery |
| 刺耳 | cì ěr | ear-piercing |
| 刺骨 | cì gǔ | piercing; cutting; bone-chilling; penetrating (cold) |
| 刺槐 | cì huái | false acacia; Robinia pseudoacacia |
| 刺眼 | cì yǎn | to dazzle; to offend the eyes; dazzling; harsh (light); crude (colors); unsightly |
| 刺客 | cì kè | assassin; murderer |
| 刺探 | cì tàn | pry |
| 刺中 | cì zhòng | to hit with a piercing blow |
| 刺五加 | cì wǔ jiā | manyprickle (Acanthopanax senticosus), root used in traditional Chinese medicine |
| 刺伤 | cì shāng | to stab |
| 刺儿 | cìr | a thorn; fig. to ridicule sb; fig. sth wrong |
| 刺儿李 | cìr lǐ | gooseberry |
| 刺儿话 | cìr huà | biting words; stinging words |
| 刺儿头 | cìr tóu | an awkward person; a difficult person to deal with |
| 刺刺不休 | cì cì bù xiū | to talk incessantly; to chatter on and on |
| 刺字 | cì zì | to tattoo |
| 刺戟 | cì jǐ | variant of 刺激, to irritate; stimulus |
| 刺戳 | cì chuō | to puncture; to pierce |
| 刺柏 | cì bǎi | Chinese juniper |
| 刺桐 | cì tóng | Indian coral tree; sunshine tree; tiger's claw; Erythrina variegata (botany) |
| 刺死 | cì sǐ | to murder; to assassinate |
| 刺激剂 | cì jī jì | irritant agent |
| 刺激启动不同步 | cì jī qǐ dòng bù tóng bù | stimulus onset asymmetry |
| 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 |
| 刺激群 | cì jī qún | stimulus constellation |
| 刺痛 | cì tòng | stab of pain; sting; fig. stimulus to action; a prick |
| 刺穿 | cì chuān | to skewer; to impale; to pierce through |
| 刺丝囊 | cì sī náng | nematocyst; capsule of nettle cells of medusa or anemone |
| 刺丝胞 | cì sī bāo | cnidocyte; nettle cell of medusa or anemone |
| 刺丝胞动物 | cì sī bāo dòng wù | Cnidaria (animal phylum including jellyfish and sessile polyps) |
| 刺绣品 | cì xiù pǐn | embroidery |
| 刺胞 | cì bāo | cnidocyte; nettle cell of medusa |
| 刺胞动物 | cì bāo dòng wù | Cnidaria (animal phylum including jellyfish and sessile polyps) |
| 刺芹菇 | cì qín gū | king trumpet mushroom (Pleurotus eryngii) |
| 刺苋 | cì xiàn | prickly amaranth (Amaranthus spinosus) |
| 刺猬 | cì wèi | hedgehog |
| 刺身 | cì shēn | sashimi |
| 刺青 | cì qīng | tattoo |
