# 棘手 (jíshǒu)

In Mandarin Chinese, 棘手 (jíshǒu) means “thorny; troublesome; knotty”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: thorny; troublesome; knotty
- Pinyin: jíshǒu (ji2 shou3)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 这个问题处理起来很棘手。
  Zhège wèntí chǔlǐ qǐlái hěn jíshǒu.
  This problem is very thorny to handle.

## Characters

- 棘 (jí): thorns
- [手](https://hanziro.com/word/shou-hand/) (shǒu): hand

https://hanziro.com/word/ji-shou-thorny/

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