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螫

Mandarin · pinyin shì#

(literary) (of a bee or spider etc) to sting or bite

Mandarin · pinyin zhē#

(of a bee or spider etc) to sting or bite
(of an irritant) to make (one's eyes or skin) sting

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螫: shì · poison; sting; poisonous insect

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4 · shi4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

cik1 · sik1

Cantonese word readings for 螫. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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(literary or Hokkien) to sting; to bite (of venomous insects such as spiders, bees, etc.)
(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to use one's beak to bite or tug (of ducks, geese, etc.)

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