to choke
呛 is a 7 stroke, simplified Chinese character and is pronounced as qiāng in the first tone, however it can also be pronounced as qiàng.
In traditional Chinese the character 嗆 is used.
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Pronunciation
We found 2 pronunciations for 呛
Definitions for 呛 pronounced as qiàng
- to irritate the nose
- to choke (of smoke, smell etc)
- pungent
- (coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb
- to scold
- to speak out against sb
Definitions for 呛 pronounced as qiāng
- to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way)
Vocabulary
The most common words for 呛 — see all
- unbearable
- terrible
- enough
- unlikely
- (dialect) to cough
- to choke on (food etc)
- to swallow the wrong way