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嗓子

sǎng zi

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Measure word 把

嗓子 (sǎng zi) means "throat". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 嗓子 means

1. throat
2. voice

The characters in 嗓子

• 嗓sǎngthroat; voice
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

Example sentences

• 一根鱼刺卡在我嗓子里了。
  Yī gēn yúcì kǎ zài wǒ sǎngzi lǐ le.
  A fish bone has stuck in my throat.
• 早上起来，嗓子变得很沙哑，我想是不是感冒了。
  Zǎoshang qǐlai, sǎngzi biànde hěn shāyǎ, wǒ xiǎng shìbùshì gǎnmào le.
  I've had a scratchy throat since this morning. I wonder if I've caught a cold.
• 这位歌手拥有一副好嗓子，但我认为他不会受到年轻人的喜爱。
  The singer has a good opera voice, but I don't think he'll catch on with young people.

Words starting with 嗓子

• 嗓子眼sǎng zi yǎnthroat
• 嗓子眼儿sǎng zi yǎn rerhua variant of 嗓子眼

Words containing 嗓子

• 假嗓子jiǎ sǎng zifalsetto (in opera)
• 吊嗓子diào sǎng zivoice training (for Chinese opera)
• 左嗓子zuǒ sǎng zioff-key singing voice; sb who sings off-key
• 扯嗓子chě sǎng zito raise one's voice; to speak at the top of one's voice
• 清嗓子qīng sǎng zito clear one's throat

Where 嗓子 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Body Parts & Medical (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read sǎng zi correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.