verb

Meaning of

噎 means to choke on food; to get food stuck in throat; to have difficulty breathing due to wind or smoke. Pronounced yē.

  • to choke on food; to get food stuck in throat
  • to have difficulty breathing due to wind or smoke
  • to retort sharply; to make someone speechless

Character Info

Radical
Strokes8
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

chī
fàn
tài
kuài
 
zhe
le
 

He ate too fast and choked.

yào
yīn
fèi
shí
 
dào
kùn
nan
yào
cháng
shì
 

Don't give up eating for fear of choking; keep trying even when facing difficulties.

Hái
zi
chī
shí
xiǎo
xīn
dào
 

Be careful that the child doesn't choke on fish bones while eating fish.

Zhè
kuài
miàn
bāo
tài
gān
 
róng
rén
 

This bread is too dry and easy to choke on.

kǒu
shuǐ
jiù
néng
huǎn
jiě
zhe
de
gǎn
jué
 

Drinking a sip of water can relieve the choking feeling.