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哽
Mandarin · pinyin gěng
Meanings
- to choke with emotion
- to choke on a piece of food
Characters in this entry
- 哽
- gěng · choke (with grief)
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Mandarin tones
3 · geng3
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 5 senses · 3 Cantonese readings
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
ang2 · gang2 · ngang2
Cantonese word readings for 哽. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to choke (on food or fluid)
- to choke with emotion; to feel a lump in one's throat; to choke with sobs
- (Cantonese) to swallow forcefully
- (Cantonese, figuratively) to accept reluctantly
- (Cantonese) to bulge out and press onto oneself making it uncomfortable or painful
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