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喉咙

hóu lóng

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 喉嚨

喉咙 (hóu lóng) means "the throat". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 喉咙 means

1. the throat

The characters in 喉咙

• 喉hóuthroat; larynx
• 咙lóngused in 喉咙

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.

Where 喉咙 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · hóng–hū (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read hóu lóng correctly.
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