够呛

夠嗆

gòuqiàng

adjective HSK 7-9 #11,577

Meanings

1 unbearable
2 terrible
3 quite bad
4 unlikely

Characters

to choke; irritating

Examples

今天冷得够呛。

Jīntiān lěng de gòuqiàng.

It's terribly cold today.

他这次考试够呛能过。

Tā zhècì kǎoshì gòuqiàng néng guò.

He'll have a hard time passing this exam.

Tips

usage

够呛 is colloquial. It has two uses: 1) describing something extremely unpleasant (冷得够呛), 2) expressing doubt about an outcome (够呛能成功).

register

够呛 is informal and conversational. Avoid using it in formal writing.

Stroke Order

够 gòu

呛 qiāng