咽喉

咽喉

Chinese

		to swallow; to choke (in crying); narrow pass to swallow; to choke (in crying); narrow pass; throat	throat; larynx
simp. and trad. (咽喉)		咽	喉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yānhóu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ ㄏㄡˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin¹ hau⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): ian-hiô / ian-âu / ian-hô͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: yānhóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄏㄡˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianhour
    • IPA ^(key): /i̯ɛn⁵⁵ xoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: jin¹ hau⁴
    • Yale: yīn hàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin¹ hau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin¹ heo⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /jiːn⁵⁵ hɐu̯²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-hiô
    • Tâi-lô: ian-hiô
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ienhiooi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn³³ hio²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-âu
    • Tâi-lô: ian-âu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ien'aau
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ aʊ²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ aʊ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-hô͘
    • Tâi-lô: ian-hôo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ienhoo
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ²⁴/

Noun

咽喉

1. (anatomy) throat (pharynx and larynx)
2. (figuratively) strategically important place; key link

Derived terms

咽喉炎 (yānhóuyán) 咽喉癌

咽喉要路 咽喉要道

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (咽喉):

• → Japanese: 咽 (いん)喉 (こう) (inkō)
• → Korean: 인후 (咽喉, inhu)
• → Vietnamese: yết hầu (咽喉)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
咽	喉
いん Grade: S	こう Grade: S
on’yomi

Noun

咽喉 (hiragana いんこう, rōmaji inkō)

1. throat

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Korean

Hanja in this term
咽	喉

Noun

咽喉 • (inhu) (hangeul 인후)

1. Hanja form^? of 인후 (“throat”).