哽 (gěng): to choke with emotion
哽 (gěng) is a Chinese character meaning “to choke with emotion.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 口 (semantic) and 更 (phonetic). It ranks #3010 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 哽 mouth. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 吃 (chī, to eat), 喝 (hē, to drink).
Definitions
- to choke with emotion
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 哽咽verb | gěng yè | to choke with emotion |
| 哽死 | gěng sǐ | (intransitive) to choke to death |
| 悲哽 | bēi gěng | to choke with grief |
| 哽噎 | gěng yē | to choke on one's food |
| 哽喉 | gěng hóu | variant of 鯁喉|鲠喉 |
哽 appears in 5 compound words: 80 as the first character, 20 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 哽 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
他哽才很好，能言善辩，是个出色的律师。
tā gěng cái hěn hǎo , néng yán shàn biàn , shì gè chū sè de lǜ shī .
He has a way with words and is a skilled orator; he’s an outstanding lawyer.
影/黄国昌哽咽愧对柯文哲 自责做得不够多
yǐng huáng guó chāng gěng yān kuì duì Kē wén zhé zì zé zuò dé bù gòu duō
Video: Huang Kuo-chang Chokes Up, Feels Guilty Toward Ko Wen-je, Blames Himself for Not Doing Enough
重提与周杰伦恩怨!吴宗宪讲到哽咽:这辈子我只要求你一件事
chóng tí yǔ zhōu jié lún ēn yuàn ! wú zōng xiàn jiǎng dào gěng yān : zhè bèi zǐ wǒ zhī yāo qiú nǐ yī jiàn shì
Bringing up the feud with Jay Chou again! Wu Zongxian choked up as he said: "I’ve only asked you for one thing in my entire life."
马英九开撕亲信喊“六亲不认”!萧旭岑哽咽暗指失智懒人包一次看
mǎ yīng jiǔ kāi sī qīn xìn hǎn liù qīn bù rèn ! xiāo xù 岑 gěng yān àn zhǐ shī zhì lǎn rén bāo yī cì kàn
Ma Ying-jeou Clashes with Close Aide, Accusing Him of "Betraying Even His Own Kin"! Hsiao Hsu-tsen Chokes Up, Implicitly Suggesting Dementia—A Quick Guide to the Whole Story
港宏福苑听证会 居民忆述逃生 哽咽未能救邻
gǎng hóng fú 苑 tīng zhèng huì jū mín yì shù táo shēng gěng yān wèi néng jiù lín
Hong Kong's Hong Fook Court Hearing: Residents Recall Their Escape, Choking Back Tears Over Their Inability to Save Neighbors
中国网红“陈老师”被禁入台5年!哽咽怕撑不下去:可能要说再见了
zhōng guó wǎng hóng chén lǎo shī bèi jīn rù tái 5 nián ! gěng yān pà chēng bù xià qù : kě néng yāo shuō zài jiàn le
Chinese Internet celebrity "Teacher Chen" was banned from Taiwan for 5 years! Choking up for fear of not being able to hold on: I may have to say goodbye
Character Family
Homophones — Characters pronounced gěng
Frequently Asked Questions
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