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喉

hóu

HSK 6 Character

What 喉 means

1. throat
2. larynx

Example sentences

• 我喉咙痛。
  I have a sore throat.
• 我喉咙很干。
  My throat feels dry.
• 汤姆喉咙疼。
  Tom's got a sore throat.
• 他清了清喉咙。
  He cleared his throat.
• 你发烧和喉咙痛吗?
  Do you have a fever and a sore throat?
• 医生检查了我的喉咙。
  Yīshēng jiǎnchá le wǒ de hóulóng.
  The doctor examined my throat.

Words starting with 喉

• 喉咙hóu lóngthe throat
• 喉头hóu tóuthroat; larynx
• 喉舌hóu shémouthpiece; spokesperson
• 喉管hóu guǎnthe airway in the throat
• 喉炎hóu yánlaryngitis
• 喉片hóu piànthroat lozenge
• 喉结hóu jiéAdam's apple; laryngeal prominence
• 喉轮hóu lúnviśuddha or visuddha, the throat chakra 查克拉, residing in the neck
• 喉部hóu bùneck; throat
• 喉镜hóu jìnglaryngoscope
• 喉音hóu yīnguttural sound; (linguistics) glottal (or laryngeal) consonant
• 喉鸣hóu míngthroat sound such as choking, donkey's bray etc
• 喉塞音hóu sè yīnglottal stop
• 喉擦音hóu cā yīnguttural fricative
• 喉咽hóu yānlaryngopharynx; fig. a key position
• 喉韵hóu yùnpleasant aftertaste in the back of the throat (esp. when drinking tea)
• 喉痧hóu shāscarlet fever
• 喉急hóu jívariant of 猴急

Words containing 喉

• 咽喉yān hóuthroat
• 歌喉gē hóusinging voice
• 插喉chā hóu(colloquial) to intubate
• 深喉shēn hóudeep throating (sex act); a deep throat (anonymous informant)
• 白喉bái hóudiphtheria
• 锁喉suǒ hóuto apply a chokehold
• 黄喉huáng hóuaorta (ingredient of hotpot, Sichuan cuisine)
• 发喉急fā hóu jíto get in a rage
• 白喉杆菌bái hóu gǎn jūnKlebs-Loeddler bacillus (the diphtheria bacterium)
• 白喉毒素bái hóu dú sùdiphtheria toxin
• 红喉潜鸟hóng hóu qián niǎo(bird species of China) red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)
• 绿喉蜂虎lǜ hóu fēng hǔ(bird species of China) Asian green bee-eater (Merops orientalis)
• 蓝喉蜂虎lán hóu fēng hǔ(bird species of China) blue-throated bee-eater (Merops viridis)
• 黄喉蜂虎huáng hóu fēng hǔ(bird species of China) European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)
• 黑喉潜鸟hēi hóu qián niǎo(bird species of China) black-throated loon (Gavia arctica)
• 黑喉山雀hēi hóu shān què(bird species of China) black-bibbed tit (Poecile hypermelaenus)
• 黑喉雪雀hēi hóu xuě què(bird species of China) Père David's snowfinch (Pyrgilauda davidiana)
• 灰喉鸦雀huī hóu yā què(bird species of China) ashy-throated parrotbill (Suthora alphonsiana)
• 黑喉鸦雀hēi hóu yā què(bird species of China) black-throated parrotbill (Suthora nipalensis)
• 绿喉太阳鸟lǜ hóu tài yáng niǎo(bird species of China) green-tailed sunbird (Aethopyga nipalensis)
• 蓝喉太阳鸟lán hóu tài yáng niǎo(bird species of China) Mrs. Gould's sunbird (Aethopyga gouldiae)
• 见血封喉树jiàn xuè fēng hóu shùAntiaris toxicaria (botany)
• 银喉长尾山雀yín hóu cháng wěi shān què(bird species of China) silver-throated bushtit (Aegithalos glaucogularis)
• 黑喉毛角燕hēi hóu máo jiǎo yàn(bird species of China) Nepal house martin (Delichon nipalense)

Characters built on 侯

These share the phonetic component 侯 (hóu), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 猴hóumonkey
• 瘊hóuwart
• 缑gōurope attached to a sword hilt; (archaic) hilt; sword
• 堠hòumounds for beacons
• 篌hóuused in 箜篌
• 糇hóudry provisions

Characters that look like 喉

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 啦lā(onomatopoeia) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat
• 唱chàngto sing; to call loudly; to chant
• 嗡wēng(onomatopoeia) buzz; hum; drone
• 嗦suōto suck; used in 啰嗦; used in 哆嗦
• 嗤chīlaugh at; jeer; scoff at
• 啕táo(bound form) to wail

Sounds the same

Read hóu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 猴monkey
• 侯marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位; nobleman…
• 骺(anatomy) epiphysis
• 瘊wart
• 篌used in 箜篌
• 睺(appears as phonetic ho, especially in words taken from Sanskrit); half-blind (archaic)
• 𬭤metal arrowhead
• 鯸blowfish
• 糇dry provisions
• 矦old variant of 侯