喉管 (hóuguǎn): throat; windpipe; airway

Meanings

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

Characters

喉

Examples

他的喉管被异物卡住了。

Tā de hóuguǎn bèi yìwù kǎ zhù le.

His airway was blocked by a foreign object.

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 suona, played widely in 广东音乐 (Cantonese music) and folk ensembles. Context disambiguates.