# 呛 (qiāng)

In Mandarin Chinese, 呛 (qiāng) means “to choke (on liquid or food)”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to choke (on liquid or food)
- Pinyin: qiāng (qiang1)
- Traditional: 嗆
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- Other readings: qiàng — to irritate the nose; to choke (of smoke, smell etc)

## Examples

- 他喝水太急，被呛到了。
  Tā hē shuǐ tài jí, bèi qiāngdào le.
  He drank water too fast and choked.

https://hanziro.com/word/qiang-choke/

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