# 够呛 (gòuqiàng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 够呛 (gòuqiàng) means “terrible; unbearable; tough”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: terrible; unbearable; tough
- Pinyin: gòuqiàng (gou4 qiang4)
- Traditional: 夠嗆
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 今天爬山把我累得够呛。
  Jīntiān páshān bǎ wǒ lèi de gòuqiàng.
  Climbing the mountain today tired me out terribly.

## Characters

- [够](https://hanziro.com/word/gou-enough/) (gòu): enough; really (coll.)
- [呛](https://hanziro.com/word/qiang-choke/) (qiāng): to choke (on liquid or food)

https://hanziro.com/word/gou-qiang-terrible/

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