喉管

hóuguǎn

noun #30,244

Meanings

1 throat; windpipe; airway
2 (music) houguan, a Chinese double-reed wind instrument

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

他的喉管被异物卡住了。

Tā de hóuguǎn bèi yìwù kǎzhù le.

His airway was blocked by a foreign object.

HSK 7-9

喉管是广东音乐里常见的乐器。

Hóuguǎn shì Guǎngdōng yīnyuè lǐ chángjiàn de yuèqì.

The houguan is a common instrument in Cantonese music.

Tips

culture

Two distinct meanings sharing one word: (1) anatomical - the throat passage / airway; (2) the houguan, a low-pitched Chinese double-reed instrument related to the 唢呐, played widely in 广东音乐 (Cantonese music) and folk ensembles. Context disambiguates.

Stroke Order

喉 hóu

管 guǎn