1. Boil, a second-tier Chinese character, is pronounced boil (jiē), boils, a skin condition caused by staphylococcus or streptococcus bacteria invading the inside of a hair follicle. Symptoms are localized blood-filled hard lumps, pus, redness, swelling and pain.
2, basic meaning, boil (疖)jiē(ㄐ一ㄝ), a confined purulent inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissue. Commonly known as "boils".
3. Boil. Also refers to a scarred lump [furuncle] on the trunk of a tree. Such as: boils, common phrase, boils.