凝咽

Chinese

		congeal; concentrate attention	to swallow; to choke (in crying); narrow pass to swallow; to choke (in crying); narrow pass; throat
trad. (凝咽/凝噎)		凝	咽/噎
simp. (凝咽)		凝	咽
凝噎 – “to choke”

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): níngyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄝˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: níngyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄥˊ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: níngyè
    • Wade–Giles: ning²-yeh⁴
    • Yale: níng-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ningyeh
    • Palladius: нинъе (ninʺje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niŋ³⁵ jɛ⁵¹/

Verb

凝咽

1. to choke with sobs

   • 執手相看淚眼，竟無語凝噎。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     执手相看泪眼，竟无语凝噎。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 11^th century, Liu Yong, “Bells Ringing in the Rain”

     Zhí shǒu xiàng kàn lèiyǎn, jìng wú yǔ níngyē. [Pinyin]

     Hand in hand, we gazed at each other's tearful eyes. / Words failing, we choked with sobs.

Derived terms

• 無語凝咽／无语凝咽

 

Adjective

凝咽

1. (literary, of sound) sorrowful