嗚咽

See also: 呜咽

Chinese

		(onomat. for humming)	to swallow; to choke (in crying); narrow pass to swallow; to choke (in crying); narrow pass; throat
trad. (嗚咽)		嗚	咽
simp. (呜咽)		呜	咽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ jit³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-iat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wuyè
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-yeh⁴
    • Yale: wū-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uyeh
    • Palladius: уе (uje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ jit³
    • Yale: wū yit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ jit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ yid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ jiːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-iat
    • Tâi-lô: oo-iat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: o'iad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² iɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ iɛt̚⁵/

Verb

嗚咽

1. to sob; to whimper

Synonyms

• 咧咧 (liēlie) (dialectal, of a child)
• 哭 (kū)
• 哭泣 (kūqì)
• 哭訴／哭诉 (kūsù) (to recount tearfully)
• 哭鼻子 (kū bízi) (chiefly Mandarin, colloquial, often humorous)
• 啜氣／啜气 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 啜泣 (chuòqì)
• 啼 (tí) (literary, or in compounds)
• 啼哭 (tíkū) (to cry loudly)
• 嗆／呛 (Hokkien)
• 大哭 (dàkū) (to weep loudly)
• 忽喇 (hueh⁴ ci¹) (Jin)
• 抽咽 (chōuyè)
• 抽噎 (chōuyē)
• 抽搭 (chōuda) (colloquial)
• 抽泣 (chōuqì)
• 泣 (literary, or in compounds)
• 流淚／流泪 (liúlèi) (to shed tears)
• 流眼淚／流眼泪 (liú yǎnlèi) (to shed tears)
• 痛哭 (tòngkū) (to cry bitterly)
• 號哭／号哭 (háokū) (to wail)
• 號啕／号啕 (háotáo) (to cry loudly)
• 飲泣／饮泣 (yǐnqì) (literary, to weep in silence)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (嗚咽):

• → Japanese: 嗚咽(おえつ) (oetsu)
• → Korean: 오열(嗚咽) (oyeol)

Adjective

嗚咽

1. (literary, of a sound) low and deep

Derived terms

• 嗚嗚咽咽／呜呜咽咽

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嗚	咽
お Hyōgaiji	えつ Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
鳴咽 (misspelling)

Noun

嗚(お)咽(えつ) • (oetsu) 

1. sobbing

Verb

嗚(お)咽(えつ)する • (oetsu suru) intransitive suru (stem 嗚(お)咽(えつ)し (oetsu shi), past 嗚(お)咽(えつ)した (oetsu shita))

1. to sob

Conjugation

Conjugation of "嗚咽する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	嗚咽し	おえつし	oetsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	嗚咽し	おえつし	oetsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	嗚咽する	おえつする	oetsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	嗚咽する	おえつする	oetsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	嗚咽すれ	おえつすれ	oetsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	嗚咽せよ¹ 嗚咽しろ²	おえつせよ¹ おえつしろ²	oetsu seyo¹ oetsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	嗚咽される	おえつされる	oetsu sareru
Causative	嗚咽させる 嗚咽さす	おえつさせる おえつさす	oetsu saseru oetsu sasu
Potential	嗚咽できる	おえつできる	oetsu dekiru
Volitional	嗚咽しよう	おえつしよう	oetsu shiyō
Negative	嗚咽しない	おえつしない	oetsu shinai
Negative continuative	嗚咽せず	おえつせず	oetsu sezu
Formal	嗚咽します	おえつします	oetsu shimasu
Perfective	嗚咽した	おえつした	oetsu shita
Conjunctive	嗚咽して	おえつして	oetsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	嗚咽すれば	おえつすれば	oetsu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
嗚	咽

Noun

嗚咽 • (oyeol) (hangeul 오열)

1. Hanja form^? of 오열 (“sobbing, wailing”).