喉咙

• 拼音: hóu lóng
• 汉字拆解: 喉 = 口 (mouth radical) + 侯 (phonetic) — throat opening; 咙 = 口 + 龙 (phonetic dragon) — resonating chamber

含义

Throat; the larynx and pharynx region. The passage inside the neck used for breathing, swallowing, and speaking.

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.

例句

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。

用法指南

语境: health, medical, speech, everyday

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 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.)

错误说法

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

起源与历史

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

文化背景

时代: Traditional to Modern

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal