The Chinese word for throat is
嗓子
sǎng ziChinese Definition
throat | |
1. 咽喉;喉咙 | |
Components | |
嗓 | |
1. (anatomy) throat | |
2. voice | |
子 | |
1. (literary) child; offspring | |
2. son | |
獨生子 - dúshēngzǐ - only son | |
愛子 - àizǐ - beloved son | |
一 子 一 女 - yī zǐ yī nǚ - one son and one daughter | |
3. (literary) descendant; posterity | |
4. (Christianity) the Son | |
5. (in compounds) person | |
女子 (nǚzǐ) - female; woman | |
6. (literary) master; teacher | |
7. (literary) A respectful title for teachers, usually attached after their surnames. | |
^孔子 (Kǒngzǐ) - Master Kong (Confucius) | |
^老子 (Lǎozǐ) - Laozi | |
8. (literary, polite) you | |
9. Alternative form of 籽 (seed); also its second-round simplified form. | |
葵花子 (kuíhuāzǐ) - sunflower seed | |
10. egg | |
魚子 (yúzǐ) - caviar | |
11. young; tender; small | |
12. Prefix attached to nouns, denoting "a part of", "belonging to" or "individual". sub- | |
子目錄 (zǐmùlù) - subdirectory | |
13. (astrology) First earthly branch: rat in the Chinese zodiac, 11th solar month, midnight (11:00 pm to 1:00 am) | |
14. (historical) viscount (fourth of five ranks of Chinese aristocracy under the Zhou dynasty) | |
15. (physics, biology) -on | |
16. (Min Nan) grain-like object; particle; granule | |
17. (Min Nan, music) rhythm | |
18. (Min Nan) | |
19. Suffix: | |
20. Used to nominalize. | |
21. 瓶子zi - píngzi - bottle | |
22. 刷子zi - shuāzi - brush | |
23. 胖子zi - pàngzi - fat person | |
24. (colloquial) Used in some classifiers. | |
25. 一下子zi - yīxiàzi - all of a sudden | |
26. small, round object | |
算盤子jí (sǹg-pôaⁿ-jí) - abacus bead, MN | |
27. (Xiamen, Quanzhou) | |
28. (Zhangzhou, Taiwan) |
Translations for 子 and their definitions
嗓子 | |
1. n. throat | |
清 嗓子zi - to clear one's throat | |
潤 嗓子zi - to moisten one's throat | |
嗓子zi 癢 - to have a tickle in one's throat | |
2. n. voice |
喉嚨 | |
1. n. throat; larynx and pharynx | |
喊 破 喉嚨 - to shout very loudly, lit=to shout until one's throat is torn |
喉咙 | |
1. Simplified form of 喉嚨 |
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