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呛
嗆
qiāng
1. to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way)
Common • Top 15%

Character Breakdown (Single character)

呛
qiāng
choking, as by smoke; something that irritates the nose or throat
7 丶

Compound Words (3)

咳呛
kéqiàng
(dialect) to cough
呛咕
qiānggu
to discuss (dialect)
够呛
gòuqiàng
unbearable

Alternate Entries

呛
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

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Character Frequency Rank
3,417
Word Frequency Rank
12,232 of 84,292