PRICK    刺２

CUT into a THING so as to MOVE a SHARP TOOL into a SURFACE.
PIERCEPUNCTUREMAKE/PUT A HOLE INSTABPERFORATENICKJAB
Modern Chinese Criteria
扎 is a current colloquial word for pricking. 刺 打針 refers specifically to pricking with a needle typically in medical contexts. 注射 is a technical medical term for pricking with a needle. 扎針 refers to using a needle to prick into something. 針刺 (lit) refers to pricking with a needle. rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • CUT　DISPLACE a SHARP INSTRUMENT INTO a THING. (anc: 12/0, child: 9)
  • DISPLACE　CAUSE to MOVE. (anc: 11/0, child: 28)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)

Words (4 items)

刺  cì OC: skhleɡs MC: tshiɛ 3 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNprick right down to (e.g. to the bone, as a doctor might); prick into
掛  guà OC: kʷrees MC: kɣɛ 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNprick (as a thorn pricking a person)
蜂  fēng OC: phoŋ MC: phi̯oŋ 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • nadNstung by a wasp
石  shí OC: djaɡ MC: dʑiɛk 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNprick with a stone needle