噎

yē

yēspelled as ie · 1st tone — spelling rules

to choke (on) · to choke up

Radical: 口 Strokes: 15

Structure: Left narrow, right wideFrequency: Level 2 character

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Character Decomposition

噎=口+壹

Etymology

mouth

Meanings

to choke (on)

to choke up

to suffocate

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Words with 噎 51 total

to choke on one's food · to be choked up emotionally, unable to speak哽噎gěng yē to choke (on) · to choke off (in speech)噎住yē zhù (intransitive) to choke to death噎死yē sǐ to sob抽噎chōu yē thoracic choke (animal harness)胸噎xiōng yē 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因噎废食yīn yē fèi shí (idiom) to sob and sniffle抽抽噎噎chōu chou yē yē

Idioms with 噎 9 total Chain

(idiom) to sob and sniffle抽抽噎噎chōu chou yē yē 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因噎废食yīn yē fèi shí

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