Chinese word

喉咙

Pronunciation

Pinyinhóu lóng

Meaning

  • nounthroat

Example

我今天早上喉咙有点疼。wǒ jīn tiān zǎo shàng hóu lóng yóu diǎn téng

My throat is a little sore this morning.

Illustration for 喉咙 (throat)

More examples

演讲结束后，他的喉咙有点沙哑。yán jiǎng jié shù hòu tā de hóu lóng yóu diǎn shā yǎ

After the speech, his throat was a little hoarse.

Core concept

A passage inside the neck where swallowing and voice production meet.

Common phrases

  • 喉咙沙哑hóu lóng shā yǎ

    hoarse throat

  • 喉咙发炎hóu lóng fā yán

    inflamed throat

  • 喉咙有异物感hóu lóng yǒu yì wù gǎn

    foreign-body sensation in the throat

Similar words

嗓子sǎng zi: The throat area linked with speaking, used in everyday talk about the voice or discomfort.
喉hóu: A general term for the throat.
咽喉yān hóu: The passage from the back of the mouth into the neck, used in medical or formal writing.

Definition in Chinese

连接口腔后部与颈部内侧的管状部位，负责吞咽和发声，常用来指感到疼痛或不适的那一带。lián jiē kǒu qiāng hòu bù yǔ jǐng bù nèi cè de guǎn zhuàng bù wèi fù zé tūn yàn hé fā shēng cháng yòng lái zhǐ gǎn dào téng tòng huò bú shì de nà yí dài

Word origin

The word 喉咙 (hóulóng, "throat") joins two mouth-related characters, 喉 (hóu, "throat") and 咙 (lóng, "throat"), giving the spoken language a direct name for this inner passage.

Usage tips

  • In everyday symptom reports, this body-part noun naturally appears in statements about soreness, pain, or discomfort, not only in descriptions of anatomy.

Related words

  • 喉炎hóu yánlaryngitisnoun
  • 喉头hóu tóularynxnoun

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