呛

Character

呛 qiāng · qiàng

HSK 7–9Character2 readings

to choke when food or water goes down the wrong way

Radical: 口
Strokes: 7
Structure: Left–right
Parts: 口仓
Traditional: 嗆
Frequency: #4205 most common character

Practice writing

Readings and meanings

qiāngMain reading qiàngRare reading

qiāng

qiang1Main readingHSK 7–9

to choke when food or water goes down the wrong way

Examples

我喝水呛到了。
wǒ hē shuǐ qiāng dào le
I choked while drinking water.
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别喝得太快，会呛的。
bié hē de tài kuài, huì qiāng de
Don't drink too fast, or you will choke.
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Words that use “呛” as qiāng

呛到qiāng dàoto choke onWord 呛咕qiāng guto discussWord

qiàng

qiang4Reading 2Rare reading

This reading is uncommon in everyday Chinese; the main reading is qiāng.

to irritate the nose CC-CEDICT
to choke (of smoke, smell etc) CC-CEDICT
pungent CC-CEDICT
(coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb CC-CEDICT
to scold CC-CEDICT
to speak out against sb CC-CEDICT

Words that use “呛” as qiàng

够呛gòu qiàngvery bad or very hard to deal withWordHSK 7–9 咳呛ké qiàng(dialect) to coughWord

Stroke order

Practice writing 呛

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Same radical 口

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和hé 吗ma 嗎ma 可kě 后hòu 名míng 台tái 同tóng 员yuán 員yuán 喜xǐ 噹dāng

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