Chinese Word: 噎 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

噎

Pinyin: yē

English Definition: to choke (on); to choke up; to suffocate

Chinese Definition:
①食物塞住了嗓子：因噎废食。噎着了。
②因为迎风而呼吸因难：这风真噎人。
③说话顶撞人，使人无话可答：他说话能把人噎死。

Total strokes: 15; Radical: 口

Pictophonetic:壹 indicates the sound; 口 (mouth) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 口 [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening
- 壹 [ yī ] one (bankers' anti-fraud numeral)

Similar Characters: 曀

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抽噎	chōu yē	to sob
因噎废食	yīn yē fèi shí	lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face; to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk
哽噎	gěng yē	to choke on one's food; to be choked up emotionally, unable to speak
噎住	yē zhù	to choke (on); to choke off (in speech)
胸噎	xiōng yē	thoracic choke (animal harness)

1		wǒ 我 xiǎng 想 nà wèi 那位 nǚ shì 女士 yē 噎 dào 到 le 了！ I think that woman is choking!
2		wǒ men 我们 kě néng huì 可能会 shuō 说 yē 噎 zhe 着 chéng gōng 成功。 We might be said to choke on our success.
3		yí jù huà 一句话 bǎ 把 huáng dì 皇帝 yē 噎 le 了 huí qu 回去。 This choked the emperor off.
4		yīn gōu 阴沟 měi 每 dǎ 打 yī gè 一个 yē 噎， jiù 就 hào fèi 耗费 yì qiān 一千 fǎ láng 法郎。 Every hiccough of our sewers costs us a thousand francs.
5		tā 它 hǎo xiàng 好像 shì 是 chī 吃 wǒ 我 de 的 xiǎo gǒu 小狗 shí 时 yē 噎 sǐ 死 le 了， xiān sheng 先生。 It appears that he choked on it, sir.

1		wǒ 我 xiǎng 想 nà wèi 那位 nǚ shì 女士 yē 噎 dào 到 le 了！ I think that woman is choking!
2		wǒ men 我们 kě néng huì 可能会 shuō 说 yē 噎 zhe 着 chéng gōng 成功。 We might be said to choke on our success.
3		yí jù huà 一句话 bǎ 把 huáng dì 皇帝 yē 噎 le 了 huí qu 回去。 This choked the emperor off.
4		yīn gōu 阴沟 měi 每 dǎ 打 yī gè 一个 yē 噎， jiù 就 hào fèi 耗费 yì qiān 一千 fǎ láng 法郎。 Every hiccough of our sewers costs us a thousand francs.
5		tā 它 hǎo xiàng 好像 shì 是 chī 吃 wǒ 我 de 的 xiǎo gǒu 小狗 shí 时 yē 噎 sǐ 死 le 了， xiān sheng 先生。 It appears that he choked on it, sir.