刺骨 meaning in English

cìgǔ

piercing; cutting

HSK 7-9verb17 strokes

Meaning of 刺骨

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

cìgǔ
  1. piercing
  2. cutting
  3. bone-chilling
  4. penetrating (cold)

刺骨 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā感gǎn到dào寒hán气qì刺cì骨gǔ。
He was chilled to the bone.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

刺 cì · thorn · 8 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8

骨 gǔ · bone · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Related words

Words that share a character with 刺骨.

刺激cìjīto provoke; to irritate; to upset; to stimulate; to excite; irritant
骨头gǔtoubone; moral character
讽刺fěngcìto satirize; to mock
骨折gǔzhéto suffer a fracture; (of a bone) to break
冲刺chōngcì(sports) to sprint; to spurt; to dash; to put in a big effort to achieve a goal as the dea
刺耳cì'ěrear-piercing
骨气gǔqìunyielding character; courageous spirit
刺绣cìxiùto embroider; embroidery
骨干gǔgàndiaphysis (long segment of a bone); fig. backbone
刺杀cìshāto assassinate; (military) to fight with a bayonet
刺客cìkèassassin
骨灰gǔhuībone ash; cremation ashes; cremains

Questions about 刺骨

What does 刺骨 mean?

刺骨 (cìgǔ) means "piercing; cutting" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 刺骨?

刺骨 is made of 2 characters: 刺 (8 strokes), 骨 (9 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.

Is 刺骨 an HSK word?

Yes. 刺骨 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.