刺耳
cì ěr
Pinyin

Definition

刺耳
 - 
cì ěr
  1. ear-piercing

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

刺
cī
  1. 1 (onom.) whoosh
刺激
cì jī
  1. 1 to provoke
  2. 2 to irritate
  3. 3 to upset
  4. 4 to stimulate
  5. 5 to excite
  6. 6 irritant
毒刺
dú cì
  1. 1 venomous sting
耳朵
ěr duo
  1. 1 ear
  2. 2 classifier: 只 zhī
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 classifier: 对 duì
  5. 5 handle (on a cup)
耳机
ěr jī
  1. 1 headphones
  2. 2 earphones
  3. 3 telephone receiver

Idioms (20)

俯首帖耳
fǔ shǒu tiē ěr
  1. 1 bowed head and ears glued (idiom); docile and obedient
  2. 2 at sb's beck and call
充耳不闻
chōng ěr bù wén
  1. 1 to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
如雷贯耳
rú léi guàn ěr
  1. 1 lit. like thunder piercing the ear
  2. 2 a well-known reputation (idiom)
寒风刺骨
hán fēng cì gǔ
  1. 1 bone chilling wind (idiom)
忠言逆耳
zhōng yán nì ěr
  1. 1 loyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)

Sample Sentences

怎么办？响声很刺耳，似乎在说：“快接电话！快接电话！”
zěnme bàn ？xiǎngshēng hěn cìěr ，sìhu zài shuō ：“kuài jiē diànhuà ！kuài jiē diànhuà ！”
What could she do? The sound was really grating and seemed to be saying, "answer me! answer me!"
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我怎么听着这么刺耳啊，你不会是在讽刺我吧？
wǒ zěnme tīng zhe zhème cìěr ā ，nǐ bùhuì shì zài fěngcì wǒ ba ？
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