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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: yānhóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄧㄢㄏㄡˊ
  - 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

(anatomy) throat (pharynx and larynx)
(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)

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)

throat

Korean

Hanja in this term
咽	喉

Noun

咽喉 • (inhu) (hangeul 인후)

Hanja form^? of 인후 (“throat”).

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