喉咙

• 병음: hóu lóng
• 한자 분석: 喉 = 口 (mouth radical) + 侯 (phonetic) — throat opening; 咙 = 口 + 龙 (phonetic dragon) — resonating chamber

뜻

목구멍; 목(인후)

Refers to the throat in everyday and medical discourse. Common in expressions about vocal strain (喉咙嘶哑), sore throat (喉咙痛), or speaking (清清喉咙 — clear one's throat). A colloquial and accessible term, less clinical than 咽喉 or 食道.

예문

1. 演讲结束后，她感到喉咙十分干涩，立刻喝了几大口水才稍微缓解了不适。
2. 冬季气候干燥，不少人容易出现喉咙红肿疼痛的症状，需要及时补充水分并注意保暖。
3. 他连续发表了两个小时的演讲，到最后喉咙已经沙哑，却仍然坚持把最后的结论部分完整表达出来。

사용 가이드

맥락: health, medical, speech, everyday

어조: neutral

올바른 표현

• 感冒初期出现喉咙痒痛时，应尽早多喝温水，避免用嗓过度，以防病情进一步加重。(At the first sign of a scratchy or sore throat during the early stages of a cold, one should drink plenty of warm water as soon as possible and avoid straining the voice to prevent the condition from worsening.)
• 歌手在演出前精心保护喉咙，不吃冷食、不大声说话，以确保登台时能够发挥出最佳状态。(The singer took meticulous care of her throat before the performance — no cold food, no loud talking — to ensure she could perform at her best when she took the stage.)

피해야 할 표현

• 喉咙 in highly clinical contexts — use 咽喉 or 喉部 in formal medical writing; 喉咙 is the everyday colloquial term

기원과 역사

喉 (larynx; throat) + 咙 (phonetic complement) — together forming the word for throat

문화적 배경

시대: Traditional to Modern

세대: All ages

사회적 배경: Universal