呜咽
wū yè
Pinyin

Definition

呜咽
 - 
wū yè
  1. to sob
  2. to whimper

Character Decomposition

Related Words (14)

咽
yān
  1. 1 narrow pass
  2. 2 throat
  3. 3 pharynx
吞咽
tūn yàn
  1. 1 to swallow
  2. 2 to gulp
咽喉
yān hóu
  1. 1 throat
咽炎
yān yán
  1. 1 pharyngitis
哽咽
gěng yè
  1. 1 to choke with emotion
  2. 2 to choke with sobs
咽下
yàn xià
  1. 1 to swallow
  2. 2 to suppress
狼吞虎咽
láng tūn hǔ yàn
  1. 1 to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
  2. 2 to gorge oneself
细嚼慢咽
xì jiáo màn yàn
  1. 1 to eat slowly (idiom)
呜咽
wū yè
  1. 1 to sob
  2. 2 to whimper
咽气
yàn qì
  1. 1 to die
  2. 2 to breathe one's last
梗咽
gěng yè
  1. 1 variant of 哽咽[gěng yè]
耳鼻咽喉
ěr bí yān hóu
  1. 1 ear nose and throat
  2. 2 otolaryngology
鼻咽
bí yān
  1. 1 nose and throat
鼻咽癌
bí yān ái
  1. 1 cancers of the nose and throat
  2. 2 nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)

Idioms (3)

扼襟控咽
è jīn kòng yān
  1. 1 to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass
狼吞虎咽
láng tūn hǔ yàn
  1. 1 to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
  2. 2 to gorge oneself
细嚼慢咽
xì jiáo màn yàn
  1. 1 to eat slowly (idiom)

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