咽喉
yān hóu
Pinyin

Definition

咽喉
 - 
yān hóu
  1. throat

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

咽
yān
  1. 1 narrow pass
  2. 2 throat
  3. 3 pharynx
咽喉
yān hóu
  1. 1 throat
喉咙
hóu lóng
  1. 1 throat
  2. 2 larynx
吞咽
tūn yàn
  1. 1 to swallow
  2. 2 to gulp
咽炎
yān yán
  1. 1 pharyngitis
哽咽
gěng yè
  1. 1 to choke with emotion
  2. 2 to choke with sobs
喉
hóu
  1. 1 throat
  2. 2 larynx
喉炎
hóu yán
  1. 1 laryngitis
喉结
hóu jié
  1. 1 Adam's apple
  2. 2 laryngeal prominence
喉舌
hóu shé
  1. 1 mouthpiece
  2. 2 spokesperson
呜咽
wū yè
  1. 1 to sob
  2. 2 to whimper
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)
喉轮
hóu lún
  1. 1 viśuddha or visuddha, the throat chakra 查克拉, residing in the neck
喉部
hóu bù
  1. 1 neck
  2. 2 throat
喉音
hóu yīn
  1. 1 guttural sound
  2. 2 (linguistics) glottal (or laryngeal) consonant
喉头
hóu tóu
  1. 1 throat
  2. 2 larynx
咽气
yàn qì
  1. 1 to die
  2. 2 to breathe one's last
如鲠在喉
rú gěng zài hóu
  1. 1 lit. as if having a fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. very upset and needing to express one's displeasure

Idioms (6)

如鲠在喉
rú gěng zài hóu
  1. 1 lit. as if having a fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. very upset and needing to express one's displeasure
扼喉抚背
è hóu fǔ bèi
  1. 1 lit. to strangle the front and press the back (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to occupy all key points (military)
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)
骨鲠在喉
gǔ gěng zài hóu
  1. 1 fish bone stuck in one's throat (idiom); fig. to feel obliged to speak out candidly
  2. 2 sth on one's mind

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