yē

噎 (yē) is a Chinese word meaning “to choke (on); to choke up; to suffocate”.

Meanings

  1. 1to choke (on)
  2. 2to choke up
  3. 3to suffocate

Related words

噎住to choke (on)因噎废食lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face抽噎to sob哽噎to choke on one's food噎死(intransitive) to choke to death抽抽噎噎(idiom) to sob and sniffle胸噎thoracic choke (animal harness)

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