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Mandarin
about 1 year ago
How do you use "呛"? the definition is "choke", but I see it in the newspaper all the time and it seems to have a different meaning. like "呛美", what is the meaning of that?
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about 1 year ago
Here are some example news headlines I saw:
俄羅斯‧金磚四國嗆美元龍頭地位.
逾百學者嗆旺旺中時
I don't understand what the meaning of 呛(嗆) is in those sentences.
about 1 year ago
呛
（嗆）
qiāng
水或食物进入气管引起不适或咳嗽而突然喷出。
咳嗽。
呛
（嗆）
qiàng
有刺激性的气味使鼻、嗓等器官感到不舒服。
呛"这个字本身的解释是用嘴巴挑衅的意思。
这里是指说出让对方不舒服，或有挑战的意思的话