呛 meaning in English

qiāng

to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way)

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 嗆7 strokes

Meaning of 呛

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

qiāng
  1. to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way)
qiàng
  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

Stroke order for each character

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呛 qiāng · to choke · 7 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 呛.

够呛gòuqiàngunbearable; terrible

Questions about 呛

What does 呛 mean?

呛 (qiāng) means "to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way)" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 呛?

呛 is made of 1 character: 呛 (7 strokes). That is 7 strokes in total.

Is 呛 an HSK word?

Yes. 呛 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 呛 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 呛 is written 嗆.