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呛
嗆
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
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
qiāng
to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way)

Metadata

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