噎
Meaning
yē ye1
- to choke (on)
- to choke up
- to suffocate
Example sentences
- There's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread.
Words with 噎
- 噎死yēsǐ(intransitive) to choke to death
- 胸噎xiōngyēthoracic choke (animal harness)
- 噎住yēzhùto choke (on)
- 抽噎chōuyēto sob
- 哽噎gěngyēto choke on one's food
- 抽抽噎噎chōuchouyēyē(idiom) to sob and sniffle
- 因噎废食yīnyēfèishílit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face