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

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

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

(literary, of sound) sorrowful