喉 (hau4 | hou2) : throat; pipe

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喉

hau4

hou2

[1] throat; larynx; gullet; guttural
[2] [粵] pipe; tube; duct

Stroke count: 12

Level: 2

Radical: 口 (#30)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

喉

This word has been viewed 7581 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 20th Dec 2010 14:52

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喉嚨 hau4 lung4 hou2 long2 = throat

喉管 hau4 gun2 = tube, tubing

喉核 hau4 wat6*2 hou2 he2 = Adam's apple

喉急 hau4 gap1 hou2 ji2 = anxious (also written more commonly as 猴急)

水喉 seoi2 hau4 = water pipe

口大喉嚨小 hau2 daai6 hau4 lung4 siu2 kou3 da4 hou2 long2 xiao3 = (idiom) to bite off more than you can chew

煤氣喉 mui4 hei3 hau4 mei2 qi4 hou2 = gas pipe

喉嚨痛 hau4 lung4 tung3 = sore throat

喉糖 hau4 tong4*2 hou2 tang2 = throaties, soothies, lozenges

爆水喉 baau3 seoi2 hau4 = burst (plumbing problem)
See all 60 compounds (CantoDict reports 64 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing 1 example containing 喉

溝啲水落去就唔會咁掯喉嘞粵
Add some water into it and it wouldn't taste so overpowering.

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Decimal representation of this word: 喉
Unicode code for this character: U+5589 (off-site link)

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