哽咽

Chinese

		choking	to swallow; to choke (in crying); narrow pass to swallow; to choke (in crying); narrow pass; throat
simp. and trad. (哽咽)		哽	咽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gěngyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥˇ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gang² jit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gěngyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˇ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gěngyè
    • Wade–Giles: kêng³-yeh⁴
    • Yale: gěng-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geengyeh
    • Palladius: гэнъе (gɛnʺje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gang² jit³
    • Yale: gáng yit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gang² jit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: geng² yid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ³⁵ jiːt̚³/

Verb

哽咽

1. to choke with sobs; to choke with tears

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 喉滇

Derived terms

• 哽咽難言／哽咽难言
• 哽咽難鳴／哽咽难鸣
• 哽哽咽咽 (gěnggěngyèyè)