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哽咽
哽咽
(gěng yè): Choke up (Verb) — Meaning & Stroke Order
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Level 7-9
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Character Breakdown
哽 • gěng • to choke (as with emotion or food)
gěng
哽
to choke (as with emotion or food)
咽 • yè • throat • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
HSK 3.0 · L7-9
yè
咽
throat
4.
How to Use 哽咽 in Sentences
Verb + Object
with
开始
kāi
开
shǐ
始
gěng
哽
yè
咽
neutral
begin to choke up
Verb + Adverb
with
说
gěng
哽
yè
咽
de
地
shuō
说
Subject + Verb
with
声音
shēng
声
yīn
音
gěng
哽
yè
咽
Verb + Complement
with
无语
gěng
哽
yè
咽
wú
无
yǔ
语
5.
Example Sentences with 哽咽
tā
她
gěng
哽
yè
咽
le
了
。
She choked up.
neutral
say with a choked voice
neutral
voice choked with emotion
formal
Written
choked up and speechless
dāng
当
tā
他
huí
回
yì
忆
qǐ
起
yǐ
已
gù
故
de
的
zhàn
战
yǒu
友
shí
时
，
shēng
声
yīn
音
bù
不
jīn
禁
yǒu
有
xiē
些
gěng
哽
yàn
咽
。
When he recalled his deceased comrade-in-arms, his voice couldn't help but choke up a bit.
nǐ
你
wèi
为
shén
什
me
么
zài
在
jiǎng
讲
shù
述
nà
那
duàn
段
wǎng
往
shì
事
shí
时
huì
会
tū
突
rán
然
gěng
哽
yàn
咽
ne
呢
？
Why did you suddenly choke up when telling that story from the past?
tīng
听
dào
到
zhè
这
ge
个
xiāo
消
xi
息
，
tā
他
gěng
哽
yè
咽
zhe
着
shuō
说
bù
不
chū
出
huà
话
lái
来
。
Upon hearing the news, he choked up and couldn't speak.
zài
在
bì
毕
yè
业
diǎn
典
lǐ
礼
shàng
上
，
tā
她
gěng
哽
yè
咽
zhe
着
gǎn
感
xiè
谢
le
了
suǒ
所
yǒu
有
bāng
帮
zhù
助
guò
过
tā
她
de
的
rén
人
。
At the graduation ceremony, she choked up while thanking everyone who had helped her.
Words Sharing Characters
More common words that include characters from 哽咽.
Words with
咽
狼吞虎咽
láng tūn hǔ yàn
to wolf down one's food [idiom]
呜咽
wū yè
Sob / choke with sobs
咽喉
yān hóu
Throat / pharynx
吞咽
tūn yàn
to swallow
咽下
yàn xià
swallow (food or drink)
咽气
yàn qì
to breathe one's last; to die
