• Pinyin: qiāng
  
  English Definition: to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way)
  Chinese Definition:
  ①鸟啄食物。
  Example Words:

  呛到	qiāng dào	to choke on (food etc); to swallow the wrong way
  呛咕	qiāng gu	to discuss (dialect)

  More: 呛* | *呛 | *呛*
• Pinyin: qiàng
  
  English Definition: to irritate the nose; to choke (of smoke, smell etc); pungent; (coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb; to scold; to speak out against sb
  Chinese Definition:
  ①有刺激性的气味使鼻、嗓等器官感到不舒服。
  Example Words:

  够呛	gòu qiàng	unbearable; terrible; enough; unlikely
  咳呛	ké qiàng	(dialect) to cough

  More: 呛* | *呛 | *呛*

Example Sentences

• zǎo shàng

  早上

  sòng xìn

  送信

  de

  的

  yóu chāi

  邮差

  sòng

  送

  lái

  来

  de

  的

  ，

  wǒ

  我

  zhèng

  正

  hē

  喝

  zhe

  着

  jiā nǎi

  加奶

  kā fēi

  咖啡

  ，

  yī xià zi

  一下子

  gěi

  给

  qiāng

  呛

  zhe

  着

  le

  了

  。
  The morning postman brought it, and I choked over my milk and coffee.
• “

  dāng

  当

  shì gù

  事故

  fā shēng

  发生

  shí

  时

  ，

  ”

  tā

  他

  shuō

  说

  “

  kuàng gōng

  矿工

  men

  们

  zhǐ shì

  只是

  gǎn jué

  感觉

  yǒu diǎn

  有点

  qiāng

  呛

  。

  ”
  When the accident occurred, he said, the miners felt as though they were being choked.
• rú guǒ

  如果

  hái zi

  孩子

  qiāng

  呛

  le

  了

  ，

  yǒu

  有

  yí gè

  一个

  diàn huà

  电话

  hào

  号

  。
  If the kid choked, one number.
• tā

  他

  yóu yǒng

  游泳

  shí

  时

  qiāng

  呛

  le

  了

  yī

  一

  kǒu

  口

  shuǐ

  水

  。
  He choked on a mouthful of water while swimming.
• dāng

  当

  wǒ men

  我们

  de

  的

  huì yàn

  会厌

  méi yǒu

  没有

  shí jiān

  时间

  lái

  来

  fēng

  封

  zhù

  住

  qì

  气

  guǎn

  管

  ，

  shí wù

  食物

  huò

  或

  shuǐ

  水

  pǎo

  跑

  jìn

  进

  qì guǎn

  气管

  zhōng

  中

  ，

  rén

  人

  jiù

  就

  huì

  会

  qiāng

  呛

  zhe

  着

  。
  As a consequence, in those moments in which the epiglottis does not have time to cover the trachea, we choke.