呛

qiāng/qiàng

to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way)

Traditional 嗆
HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9 verb

Meaning

qiāng qiang1
  1. to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way)
qiàng as in 够呛 qiang4
  1. to irritate the nose
  2. to choke (of smoke, smell etc)
  3. pungent
  4. (coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb
  5. to scold
  6. to speak out against sb

HSK words with 呛

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