嗚咽おえつ

See also: 呜咽

Chinese

		(onomat. for humming)	to swallow; to choke (in crying); narrow pass to swallow; to choke (in crying); narrow pass; throat
trad. (嗚咽おえつ)		嗚	咽のど
simp. (呜咽)		呜	咽のど

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wūyè

  (Zhuyin): ㄨ ㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wu¹ jit³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): o͘-iat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wūyè
    • Zhuyin: ㄨ ㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wuyè
    • Wade–Giles: wu¹-yeh⁴
    • Yale: wū-yè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: uyeh
    • Palladius: уе (uje)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wu¹ jit³
    • Yale: wū yit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wu¹ jit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: wu¹ yid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wuː⁵⁵ jiːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-iat
    • Tâi-lô: oo-iat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: o'iad
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻²² iɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɔ³³ iɛt̚⁵/

Verb

嗚咽おえつ

1. to sob; to whimper

Synonyms

• 咧咧 (liēlie) (dialectal, of a child)
• 哭 (kū)
• 哭泣 (kūqì)
• 哭訴／哭诉 (kūsù) (to recount tearfully)
• 哭鼻子こ (kū bízi) (chiefly Mandarin, colloquial, often humorous)
• 啜すす氣き／啜すす气 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 啜すす泣 (chuòqì)
• 啼 (tí) (literary, or in compounds)
• 啼哭 (tíkū) (to cry loudly)
• 嗆／呛 (Hokkien)
• 大だい哭 (dàkū) (to weep loudly)
• 忽ゆるがせ喇 (hueh⁴ ci¹) (Jin)
• 抽咽 (chōuyè)
• 抽噎 (chōuyē)
• 抽搭 (chōuda) (colloquial)
• 抽泣 (chōuqì)
• 泣 (literary, or in compounds)
• 流ながれ淚なみだ／流ながれ泪なみだ (liúlèi) (to shed tears)
• 流ながれ眼め淚なみだ／流ながれ眼め泪なみだ (liú yǎnlèi) (to shed tears)
• 痛哭つうこく (tòngkū) (to cry bitterly)
• 號ごう哭／号ごう哭 (háokū) (to wail)
• 號ごう啕／号ごう啕 (háotáo) (to cry loudly)
• 飲いん泣／饮泣 (yǐnqì) (literary, to weep in silence)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (嗚咽おえつ):

• → Japanese: 嗚咽おえつ(おえつ) (oetsu)
• → Korean: 오열(嗚咽おえつ) (oyeol)

Adjective

嗚咽おえつ

1. (literary, of a sound) low and deep

Derived terms

• 嗚嗚咽おえつ咽のど／呜呜咽のど咽のど

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
嗚	咽のど
お Hyōgai	えつ Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
鳴な咽のど (misspelling)

Noun

嗚(お)咽のど(えつ) • (oetsu) 

1. sobbing

Verb

嗚(お)咽のど(えつ)する • (oetsu suru) intransitive suru (stem 嗚(お)咽のど(えつ)し (oetsu shi), past 嗚(お)咽のど(えつ)した (oetsu shita))

1. to sob

Conjugation

Conjugation of "嗚咽おえつする" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	嗚咽おえつし	おえつし	oetsu shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	嗚咽おえつし	おえつし	oetsu shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	嗚咽おえつする	おえつする	oetsu suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	嗚咽おえつする	おえつする	oetsu suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	嗚咽おえつすれ	おえつすれ	oetsu sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	嗚咽おえつせよ¹ 嗚咽おえつしろ²	おえつせよ¹ おえつしろ²	oetsu seyo¹ oetsu shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	嗚咽おえつされる	おえつされる	oetsu sareru
Causative	嗚咽おえつさせる 嗚咽おえつさす	おえつさせる おえつさす	oetsu saseru oetsu sasu
Potential	嗚咽おえつできる	おえつできる	oetsu dekiru
Volitional	嗚咽おえつしよう	おえつしよう	oetsu shiyō
Negative	嗚咽おえつしない	おえつしない	oetsu shinai
Negative continuative	嗚咽おえつせず	おえつせず	oetsu sezu
Formal	嗚咽おえつします	おえつします	oetsu shimasu
Perfective	嗚咽おえつした	おえつした	oetsu shita
Conjunctive	嗚咽おえつして	おえつして	oetsu shite
Hypothetical conditional	嗚咽おえつすれば	おえつすれば	oetsu sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

Korean

Hanja in this term
嗚	咽のど

Noun

嗚咽おえつ • (oyeol) (hangeul 오열)

1. hanja form^? of 오열 (“sobbing, wailing”)