哽哽咽咽

Chinese

		choking	choking	to swallow; to choke (in crying); narrow pass to swallow; to choke (in crying); narrow pass; throat	to swallow; to choke (in crying); narrow pass to swallow; to choke (in crying); narrow pass; throat
simp. and trad. (哽哽咽咽)		哽	哽	咽	咽

Etymology

Reduplication of 哽咽 (gěngyè).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gěnggěngyèyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥˇ ㄍㄥˇ ㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gang² gang² jit³ jit³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gěnggěngyèyè [Phonetic: génggěngyèyè]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄥˇ ㄍㄥˇ ㄧㄝˋ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gěnggěngyèyè
    • Wade–Giles: kêng³-kêng³-yeh⁴-yeh⁴
    • Yale: gěng-gěng-yè-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: geenggeengyehyeh
    • Palladius: гэнгэнъее (gɛngɛnʺjeje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ kɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gang² gang² jit³ jit³
    • Yale: gáng gáng yit yit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gang² gang² jit⁸ jit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: geng² geng² yid³ yid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐŋ³⁵ kɐŋ³⁵ jiːt̚³ jiːt̚³/

Idiom

哽哽咽咽

1. to choke with sobs