嗆
qiàng
ㄑㄧㄤˋ
Simplified 呛
- 1to irritate the nose
- 2to choke (of smoke, smell etc)
- 3pungent
- 4(coll.) (Tw) to shout at sb
- 5to scold
- 6to speak out against sb
In Taiwan
In Taiwan, to mouth off at or verbally challenge someone — 嗆聲 is talking trash or calling someone out. A staple of political news headlines.
Example
他在會議上嗆了主管一句。
tā zài huìyì shàng qiàng le zhǔguǎn yíjù
He mouthed off at his manager in the meeting.