# 咽喉
## Chinese

* 咽喉 (Written Standard Chinese)
* 咽喉 (Wu)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yānhóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄢ ㄏㄡˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jin$^1$ hau$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ian-hiô / ian-âu / ian-hô͘
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yānhóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄢ ㄏㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yanhóu
*** Wade–Giles: yen$^1$-hou$^2$
*** Yale: yān-hóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ianhour
*** Palladius: яньхоу (janʹxou)
*** Sinological IPA : /jɛn⁵⁵ xoʊ̯³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jin$^1$ hau$^4$
*** Yale: yīn hàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jin$^1$ hau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yin$^1$ heo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːn⁵⁵ hɐu̯²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-hiô
*** Tâi-lô: ian-hiô
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ienhiooi
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iɛn³³ hio²⁴/
** (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-âu
*** Tâi-lô: ian-âu
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ien'aau
*** IPA (Taipei): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ au²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ au²³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ian-hô͘
*** Tâi-lô: ian-hôo
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ienhoo
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ²⁴/
* Middle Chinese: 'en huw
Rime :
| Character | 咽 | 喉 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) | 匣 (33) |
| Final (韻) | 先 (85) | 侯 (137) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open | Open |
| Division (等) | IV | I |
| Fanqie | 烏前切 | 戸鉤切 |
| Baxter | 'en | huw |
| Reconstructions |||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ʔen/ | /ɦəu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ʔen/ | /ɦəu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ʔɛn/ | /ɣəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ʔɛn/ | /ɦəw/ |
| Li Rong | /ʔen/ | /ɣu/ |
| Wang Li | /ien/ | /ɣəu/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /ʔien/ | /ɣə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yān | hóu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jin$^1$ | hau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ʔˤi[n] [ɡ]ˤ(r)o/
    (Zhengzhang): /*qiːn ɡoː/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 咽 | 喉 |
| Reading # | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | yān | hóu |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ ʔen › | ‹ huw › |
| Old Chinese | /*ʔˁi[n]/ | /*[ɡ]ˁ(r)o/ |
| English | gullet | throat |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. |||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 咽 | 喉 |
| Reading # | 1/3 | 1/1 |
| No. | 15172 | 5140 |
| Phonetic component | 因 | 侯 |
| Rime group | 眞 | 侯 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 煙 | |
| Old Chinese | /*qiːn/ | /*ɡoː/ |

### Noun

咽喉
* (anatomy) throat (pharynx and larynx)
* (figurative) strategically important place; key link
* (rail transport) bottleneck

#### Synonyms

* (throat):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 喉嚨, 咽喉 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 嗓子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 喉嚨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 喉嚨 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 嗓子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 喉嚨 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 嗓子, 合嗓 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 嗓子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 胡嚨, 嗓子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 胡嚨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 胡嚨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 胡嚨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 嗓子, 喉嚨 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 胡嚨, 胡嚨系兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 嗓子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 嗓子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 嗓子, 嗓門子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 嗓子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 喉嚨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 喉嚨, 嗓子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 喉嚨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 喉嚨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 脖子, 嗓子, 脖喉眼兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 喉嚨 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 喉嚨, 嗓子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 嗓子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 喉嚨 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 嗓子管兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 喉嚨, 喉, 頸喉 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 喉, 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 喉 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 頸喉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 喉, 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 嚨喉 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 頸喉 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 頸喉 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 頸喉 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 頸喉 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 頸喉 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 頸喉 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 喉嚨, 喉 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 喉嚨 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 喉嚨 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 喉嚨 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 喉嚨 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 喉嚨 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 喉嗹, 喉嚨, 聲喉 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 喉嚨 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 喉嗹 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 喉嗹 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 喉嚨 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 喉嚨梗 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 喉嚨, 喉嚨胲 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 喉嗹 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 喉嚨 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 喉嗹胲 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 喉嗹 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 喉嗹 |
| Hakka | Luhe | 喉嚨胲 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 喉靈 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 喉嗹 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 喉嗹徑 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 喉嗹 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 喉嗹 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 喉嗹 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 喉嗹 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 喉嗹 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 喉嚨 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 喉嗹 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 喉嚨 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 喉嚨 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 嗓子, 喉嚨 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 喉嚨, 喉嚨器兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 喉嚨 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 嗓子, 喉嚨 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 喉嚨, 喉嚨管 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 喉嚨管 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 喉嚨 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 喉嚨 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 喉嚨 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 喉嚨, 喉嚨管 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 喉嚨 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 喉嚨, 喉嚨管 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 喉嚨, 喉嚨頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 喉嚨 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 喉嚨 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 喉嚨 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 喉嚨頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 喉嚨 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 喉嚨 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 喉嚨 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 喉嚨頭 |
| Eastern Min | Fuding | 喉嚨頭 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 喉嚨, 喉嚨頭 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 嚨喉, 喉空 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 嚨喉 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 嚨喉, 喉空 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 嚨喉, 喉空 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 頷下, 嚨喉 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 嚨喉 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 嚨喉 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 嚨喉 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 嚨喉 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 嚨喉 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 嚨喉 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 嚨喉 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 嚨喉 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 嚨喉 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 嚨喉 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 嚨喉 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 嚨喉 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 嚨喉 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 嚨喉 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 嚨喉, 嚨喉空, 喉嚨 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 喉 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 喉頭裡仔 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 嚨喉, 頷胿 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 嚨喉頭 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 喉嚨 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 喉嚨, 喉 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 喉嚨, 喉 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 喉 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 喉嚨 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 喉 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 嚨喉, 嚨喉空 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 喉嚨, 喉頭 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 喉嚨 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 喉嚨, 喉 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 喉 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 喉空 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 喉, 喉空 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 嚨喉 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 嚨喉 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 嚨喉 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 嚨喉 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 咽頭 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 咽頭 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 喉嚨 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 嚨喉 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 嚨喉 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 喉嚨 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 嗓子, 喉嚨 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 喉嚨 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 喉嚨管 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 喉嚨管 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 喉嚨管 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 喉嚨 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 喉嚨管 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 喉嚨管 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 喉嚨管 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 喉嚨 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 喉嚨 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 喉嚨 |
| Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 喉嗓條 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 喉梯 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 胡嚨, 喉嚨 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 胡嚨 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 胡嚨 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 胡嚨 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 斛嚨, 喉嚨 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 胡嚨 |
| Wu | Danyang | 喉嚨 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 喉嚨 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 胡嚨, 喉嚨 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 靈喉, 喉嚨 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 喉嚨 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 喉嚨頭 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 喉嚨 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 喉嚨 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 喉嚨 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 喉嚨 |

#### Derived terms

* 咽喉炎 (yānhóuyán)
* 咽喉癌
* 咽喉要路
* 咽喉要道

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 咽喉(いんこう) (inkō)
* → Korean: 인후(咽喉) (inhu)
* → Vietnamese: yết hầu (咽喉)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 咽 | 喉 |
| いん Grade: S | こう Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Noun

咽(いん)喉(こう) • (inkō)
* throat

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 咽 | 喉 |

### Noun

咽喉 • (inhu) (hangeul 인후)
* hanja form of 인후 (“throat”)

## Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term :
| 咽 | 喉 |

### Noun

咽喉
* chữ Hán form of yết hầu (“pharynx”).