咽喉

Chinese

to swallow; to choke (in crying); narrow pass
to swallow; to choke (in crying); narrow pass; throat
 
throat; larynx
trad. (咽喉)
simp. #(咽喉)
anagram 喉咽

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/3 1/1
Initial () (34) (33)
Final () (85) (137)
Tone (調) Level (Ø) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () IV I
Fanqie
Baxter 'en huw
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʔen/ /ɦəu/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʔen/ /ɦəu/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʔɛn/ /ɣəu/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʔɛn/ /ɦəw/
Li
Rong
/ʔen/ /ɣu/
Wang
Li
/ien/ /ɣəu/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ʔien/ /ɣə̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
yān hóu
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
jin1 hau4
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
yān hóu
Middle
Chinese
‹ ʔen › ‹ huw ›
Old
Chinese
/*ʔˁi[n]/ /*[ɡ]ˁ(r)o/
English gullet throat

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/3 1/1
No. 15172 5140
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*qiːn/ /*ɡoː/

Noun

咽喉

  1. (anatomy) throat (pharynx and larynx)
  2. (figurative) strategically important place; key link
  3. (rail transport) bottleneck

Synonyms

  • (throat):

Derived terms

  • 咽喉炎 (yānhóuyán)
  • 咽喉癌
  • 咽喉要路
  • 咽喉要道

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (咽喉):
  • Japanese: 咽喉(いんこう) (inkō)
  • Korean: 인후(咽喉) (inhu)
  • Vietnamese: yết hầu (咽喉)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
いん
Grade: S
こう
Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

(いん)(こう) • (inkō

  1. throat

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

咽喉 • (inhu) (hangeul 인후)

  1. hanja form? of 인후 (throat)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

咽喉

  1. chữ Hán form of yết hầu (pharynx)