呛

The character "呛" has 7 strokes. "呛" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "呛" has 2 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "呛" are "qiāng" "qiàng" . View the stroke order of "呛">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "呛"

v.: choke; irritate (respiratory organs)

• choke : v.噎住；呛住；哽住；窒息；阻塞；堵塞；塞满；使…无言；阻塞…的气门；抑制

Form words with "呛"

吃饭呛了 choke over one's food

几乎被烟呛死 be almost suffocated by smoke

Example phrases using "呛"

• 米粒呛进他气管里去了。

  A grain of rice got stuck in his windpipe.

• 他游泳时呛了一口水。

  He choke on an mouthful of water while swimming.

• 她又是咳又是呛，眼泪从脸上簌簌流下。

  She coughed and spluttered, tears coursing down her face.

• 威利被一口茶水呛住了。

  Willie choked on a mouthful of tea.

• 烟一下呛住了开打趣的抚摩者。

  The smoke afraid the badinage stroker at one achievement.

• 水呛入他的咽喉,他开始透不过气来.

  Water went down his throat and he started to choke.

• 鱼类和海鸟错把塑料当作食物而呛死.

  Fish and seabirds mistake plastic for food and choke to death.

• 他们将死于饥渴和寒冷，或因石油而呛死。

  They will die of thirst, of hunger, of cold or by choking on oil.

• 呛其血而。。。。。亡！

  Choke on his blood. . . die!

• 虽说白兰地呛了他一下，却让他恢复了勇气。

  The brandy made him choke, but it restored his nerve .