qiàng

Traditional: 嗆

呛 (qiàng) is a Chinese word meaning “to irritate the nose; to choke (of smoke, smell etc); pungent”.

Meanings

  1. 1to irritate the nose
  2. 2to choke (of smoke, smell etc)
  3. 3pungent
  4. 4(coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb
  5. 5to scold
  6. 6to speak out against sb

Related words

呛to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way)够呛unbearable呛到to choke on (food etc)呛咕to discuss (dialect)咳呛(dialect) to cough

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