Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
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English
- choke
- to choke (on)
- hiccup
- to choke up
- to suffocate
Words containing 噎
- 打噎daa2 ik1
hiccup
- 噎住jit3 zyu6
to choke (on)
- 抽噎cau1 jit3
to sob
- 打思噎daa2 si1 ik1
(verb) to hiccup
- 哽噎gang2 jit3
to choke on one's food
- 噎死jit3 sei2
(intransitive) to choke to death
- 胸噎hung1 jit3
thoracic choke (animal harness)
- 打飽噎daa2 baau2 ik1
to belch; to burp
- 因噎廢食jan1 jit3 fai3 sik6
lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face
- 短噎噎dyun2 jit1 jit1
- 短噎噎dyun2 jit1 jit1
- 抽抽噎噎cau1 cau1 jit3 jit3
(idiom) to sob and sniffle
- 抽抽噎噎cau1 cau1 jit3 jit3
(idiom) to sob and sniffle