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