馕 (nǎng): to stuff one's face; to eat gre…

Meanings

1 to stuff one's face; to eat greedily

Characters

馕

nǎng

to stuff one's face; to eat greedily

Examples

他一声不吭，只顾往嘴里馕。

Tā yì shēng bù kēng, zhǐ gù wǎng zuǐlǐ nǎng.

He stuffed his face with food without saying a word.

Tips

register

The nǎng reading is a coarse, dialectal verb for cramming food into one's mouth. It is rare; the everyday reading is náng, "naan" (see the primary entry).

Components

radical

饣 shí

food; eat

饣 is the food radical 食 in left-side form, marking 馕 as something to eat.

phonetic

囊 náng

bag; sack

囊 gives the exact sound náng and carries no meaning in 馕; it is purely the phonetic, which is why the character has so many strokes.

Stroke Order

馕 nǎng

Related Words

烤馕 kǎonáng

baked naan / Xinjiang flatbread baked in a clay oven

当面 dāngmiàn HSK 7-9 #6,663

face to face; in person; to someone's face

餐 cān HSK 6 #3,313

meal; food / to eat; to dine / measure word for meals

吃饭 chīfàn HSK 1 #1,336

to eat (a meal) / to have a meal

戴 dài HSK 4 #785

to wear (accessories on head, face, hands) / to put on (hat, glasses, gloves, etc.)

吃 chī HSK 1 #153

to eat / to have a meal

当 dāng HSK 2 #146

to be; to act as; to serve as / to manage; to take charge of / to withstand; to bear; to face / when; while; at the time of / ought to; should / to match; equal to / just at (a time or place); on the spot

绷 běng #7,654

to keep a straight face; to wear a tense, stern expression

吃不上 chībushàng HSK 7-9

unable to get food; to not have enough to eat / to miss a meal

吃瓜 chīguā

to watch the drama unfold / to spectate gossip / to eat melons (slang)