抽咽

Chinese

		to draw out; to smoke (cigarettes); to pump	to swallow; to choke (in crying); narrow pass to swallow; to choke (in crying); narrow pass; throat
simp. and trad. (抽咽)		抽	咽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chōuyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄡ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cau¹ jit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chōuyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄡ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chouyè
    • Wade–Giles: chʻou¹-yeh⁴
    • Yale: chōu-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chouyeh
    • Palladius: чоуе (čouje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰoʊ̯⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cau¹ jit³
    • Yale: chāu yit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsau¹ jit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: ceo¹ yid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɐu̯⁵⁵ jiːt̚³/

Verb

抽咽

1. to sob

Synonyms

• 咧咧 (liēlie) (dialectal, of a child)
• 哭 (kū)
• 哭泣 (kūqì)
• 哭訴／哭诉 (kūsù) (to recount tearfully)
• 哭鼻子 (kū bízi) (chiefly Mandarin, colloquial, often humorous)
• 啜氣／啜气 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 啜泣 (chuòqì)
• 啼 (tí) (literary, or in compounds)
• 啼哭 (tíkū) (to cry loudly)
• 嗆／呛 (Hokkien)
• 嗚咽／呜咽 (wūyè)
• 大哭 (dàkū) (to weep loudly)
• 忽喇 (hueh⁴ ci¹) (Jin)
• 抽噎 (chōuyē)
• 抽搭 (chōuda) (colloquial)
• 抽泣 (chōuqì)
• 泣 (literary, or in compounds)
• 流淚／流泪 (liúlèi) (to shed tears)
• 流眼淚／流眼泪 (liú yǎnlèi) (to shed tears)
• 痛哭 (tòngkū) (to cry bitterly)
• 號哭／号哭 (háokū) (to wail)
• 號啕／号啕 (háotáo) (to cry loudly)
• 飲泣／饮泣 (yǐnqì) (literary, to weep in silence)