刺中 (cì zhòng) — to hit (a target) with a stabbing or piercing m… | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

verb

to hit (a target) with a stabbing or piercing motionto pierce accurately

Examples

刺中。
Tā yòng dāo cì zhòng le dòng wù.
He stabbed the animal accurately.
刺中。
Nà yí jiàn cì zhòng le mù biāo.
That arrow hit the target.
，刺中。
Tā cì dé hěn zhǔn, yí xià jiù cì zhòng le.
He stabbed very accurately and hit it at once.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

刺 means stab and 中 means hit; the result is stabbing and hitting the target.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

朿刂刺

Meaning part形符xíngfú

刂Written in full as刀dāoknife

Sound part声符shēngfú

朿

朿cì刺cì

Same sound today

刺 pairs 刂 (knife) with 朿, which gives the sound; the knife part fits actions like stabbing or pricking.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The original picture showed a flagpole with a drum in the middle, set up in the center of a field.

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