(chuáng) - To eat or drink greedily and noisily & to stuff oneself with food

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chuáng | 15 strokes | radical:

· chuáng

To eat or drink greedily and noisily;

to stuff oneself with food;

to gulp down.

To eat or drink greedily and noisilyto stuff oneself with foodto gulp down.

Usage highlights

To eat greedilyTo gulp down foodTo drink noisilyGluttonous eatingTo stuff oneselfGreedy devouring

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Usage & contexts

Examples

  • He noisily devoured the meal (噇了一顿饭).
  • Don't just stuff yourself without chewing (不要光噇不嚼).
  • The pig greedily gulped down the feed (猪噇食).

Collocations

  • To eat greedily(噇食)
  • To gulp down food(噇饭)
  • To drink noisily(噇酒)
  • Gluttonous eating(噇吃)
  • To stuff oneself(噇饱)
  • Greedy devouring(贪噇)

Idioms

  • Eat like a pig, work like a slug(噇饱懒做)
  • Greedy for food and drink(贪吃噇喝)
  • Stuff and swell(噇得肚胀)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Often carries negative connotations of gluttony and poor table manners.
  • Commonly used in informal or dialectal speech rather than formal writing.
  • Frequently appears in classical literature depicting crude or rustic characters.

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