# 刺骨 (cìgǔ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 刺骨 (cìgǔ) means “bone-chilling; biting; piercing”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: bone-chilling; biting; piercing
- Pinyin: cìgǔ (ci4 gu3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 冬天的北风寒冷刺骨。
  Dōngtiān de běifēng hánlěng cìgǔ.
  The winter north wind is bone-chillingly cold.

## Characters

- [刺](https://hanziro.com/word/ci-thorn/) (cì): thorn; to stab
- 骨 (gǔ): bone

https://hanziro.com/word/ci-gu-bone-chilling/

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