throat; pharynx; narrow pass

variant of 嚥|咽[yan4]

to choke (in crying)

to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself

to choke with emotion; to choke with sobs

(anatomy) hypopharynx

to swallow (food or drink)

prepharynx (biology)

to swallow; to gulp

laryngopharynx; fig. a key position

to sob

variant of 哽咽[geng3 ye4]

nose and throat

to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass

to eat slowly (idiom)

lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom); fig. to endure bullying or insults stoically