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噎

yē

Character

What 噎 means

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

Words starting with 噎

• 噎住yē zhùto choke (on); to choke off (in speech)
• 噎死yē sǐ(intransitive) to choke to death

Words containing 噎

• 哽噎gěng yēto choke on one's food; to be choked up emotionally, unable to speak
• 抽噎chōu yēto sob
• 胸噎xiōng yēthoracic choke (animal harness)
• 因噎废食yīn yē fèi shílit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's…
• 抽抽噎噎chōu chou yē yē(idiom) to sob and sniffle

Characters that look like 噎

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

• 噜lūgrumble; chatter
• 幔màncurtain
• 嘧mì(phonetic) as in pyrimidine
• 嘬chuài(literary) to gnaw; to eat ravenously
• 噌cēngto scold; whoosh!
• 噔dēng(onomatopoeia) thud; thump

Sounds the same

Read yē, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 耶(phonetic ye)
• 椰(bound form) coconut palm; Taiwan pr. yé
• 掖to tuck (into a pocket); to hide; to conceal
• 吔onomat. for surprise, amazement and sigh
• 倻used to represent phonetic "ya" in Korean names
• 蠮wasp of the family Sphecidae