Chinese word dictionary

够呛

gòuqiàng · unbearable; terrible; enough; unlikely

Practice word

Word information

Simplified够呛

Traditional夠嗆

Pinyingòuqiàng

Part of speech形

HSK 3.07-9

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

够gòu

enough, adequate; to reach, to attain; to pass muster

呛qiāng

choking, as by smoke; something that irritates the nose or throat

How to learn 够呛

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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不够búgòu

not enough; insufficient; inadequate

够gòu

enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out

能够nénggòu

to be capable of; to be able to; can

足够zúgòu

enough; sufficient

呛qiāng

to choke (because of swallowing the wrong way)