HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

棘手

jíshǒu

thorny (problem)

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Meaning of 棘手 in English

jíshǒuHSK 7–9adjectiveSyllabus #7278
  1. thorny (problem)
  2. intractable

Example sentences

  1. 情况很棘手。
    qíng kuàng hěn jí shǒu。
    The situation is difficult.
    Tatoeba #12127175 by pentaxxx · #11392111 by carlosalberto · CC BY 2.0 FR

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HSK words with 棘

荆棘HSK 7–9
手 on its own →
shǒu · hand

HSK words with 手

手机HSK 1手HSK 2手表HSK 2洗手间HSK 2歌手HSK 4动手HSK 5对手HSK 5二手HSK 5分手HSK 5手段HSK 5

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences