荊棘 Save Sign in to save words Simplified: 荆棘 On the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list, at CEFR level C2. jīngjí ㄐㄧㄥ ㄐㄧˊ 男 女 thistles and thorns brambles thorny undergrowth Character by character 荊(jīng)chaste tree or its berry 棘(jí)thorns Other words read jīngjí In the same tone 經籍 驚急 jingji with other tones 經濟 競技 經紀 京畿 靜寂 All 12 words read jingji in any tone Words with 荊棘 Starting with 荊棘 荊棘載途 A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0 国际中文教育中文水平等级标准, 中华人民共和国教育部, MIT