| 噎 |    [ yē  ]    to choke (on), to choke up, to suffocate | 
| 噎住 |    [ yē zhù  ]    to choke (on), to choke off (in speech) | 
| ⇒ 哽噎 |    [ gěng yē  ]    to choke on one's food, to be choked up emotionally, unable to speak | 
| ⇒ 因噎廢食 |    [ yīn yē feì shí  ]    lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face, to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk | 
| ⇒ 抽噎 |    [ choū yē  ]    to sob | 
| ⇒ 抽抽噎噎 |    [ choū chou yē yē  ]    to sob and sniffle | 
| ⇒ 抽抽噎噎 |    [ choū chou yē yē  ]    to sob and sniffle | 
| ⇒ 胸噎 |    [ xiōng yē  ]    thoracic choke (animal harness) |