棘
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
jí ji2
- thorns
Example sentences
- duìyú 对于 zhège 这个 jíshǒu 棘手 de 的 wèntí 问题 ， wúlùn 无论 wǒ 我 chángshì 尝试 duōshao 多少 cì 次 ， jiéguǒ 结果 dūhuì 都会 yǐ 以 shībài 失败 gàozhōng 告终 。Regardless how many times I try to solve this nasty problem, I always end up failing.
HSK words with 棘
More words with 棘
- 沙棘 shājí sea-buckthorn
- 棘轮 jílún ratchet
- 棘楚 jíchǔ thorny problem
- 沙棘属 shājíshǔ genus Hippophae
- 腔棘鱼 qiāngjíyú coelacanth
- 棘皮动物 jípídòngwù echinoderm, the phylum containing sea urchins, sea cucumbers etc
- 荆棘载途 jīngjízàitú lit. a path covered in brambles
- 披荆斩棘 pījīngzhǎnjí lit. to cut one's way through thistles and thorns (idiom)
- 食荼卧棘 shítúwòjí to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people