嗓子

Chinese

	throat; voice	child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (嗓子)	嗓	子
simp. ^#(嗓子)	嗓	子
alternative forms	顙子／颡子

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): sǎngzi

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄤˇ ˙ㄗ

(Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): сонзы (sonzɨ, II-I)
Cantonese (Jyutping): song¹ zi² / song² zi²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sǎngzi
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄤˇ ˙ㄗ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sǎngzi̊h
  - Wade–Giles: sang³-tzŭ⁵
  - Yale: sǎng-dz
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saang.tzy
  - Palladius: санцзы (sanczy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑŋ²¹⁴ d͡z̥z̩⁴/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic and Wiktionary: сонзы (sonzɨ, II-I)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɑŋ⁵¹ t͡sz̩²⁴/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: song¹ zi² / song² zi²
  - Yale: sōng jí / sóng jí
  - Cantonese Pinyin: song¹ dzi² / song² dzi²
  - Guangdong Romanization: song¹ ji² / song² ji²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔːŋ⁵⁵ t͡siː³⁵/, /sɔːŋ³⁵ t͡siː³⁵/

Noun

嗓子

throat
清嗓子 ― qīng sǎngzi ― to clear one's throat

潤嗓子／润嗓子 ― rùn sǎngzi ― to moisten one's throat

嗓子癢／嗓子痒 ― sǎngzi yǎng ― to have a tickle in one's throat
voice (Classifier: 把)

Synonyms

(throat):

Dialectal synonyms of 喉嚨 (“throat”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		喉嚨, 咽喉
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	嗓子
	Taiwan	喉嚨
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	喉嚨
	Harbin	嗓子
	Singapore	喉嚨
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	嗓子, 合嗓
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	嗓子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	胡嚨, 嗓子
	Wanrong	胡嚨
	Zhengzhou	胡嚨
	Xi'an	胡嚨
	Xining	嗓子, 喉嚨
	Xuzhou	胡嚨, 胡嚨系兒
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	嗓子
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	嗓子
	Lanzhou	嗓子, 嗓門子
	Ürümqi	嗓子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	喉嚨
	Chongqing	喉嚨, 嗓子
	Wuhan	喉嚨
	Guiyang	喉嚨
	Kunming	脖子, 嗓子, 脖喉眼兒
	Guilin	喉嚨
	Liuzhou	喉嚨, 嗓子
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	嗓子
	Yangzhou	喉嚨
	Nantong	嗓子管兒
	Hefei	喉嚨
Cantonese	Guangzhou	喉嚨, 喉, 頸喉
	Hong Kong	喉嚨
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	喉嚨
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	喉嚨
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	喉嚨
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	喉嚨
	Macau	喉嚨
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	喉, 喉嚨
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	喉嚨
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	喉
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	頸喉
	Foshan	喉, 喉嚨
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	喉嚨
	Foshan (Shunde)	嚨喉
	Foshan (Sanshui)	喉嚨
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	喉嚨
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	喉嚨
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	喉嚨
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	喉嚨
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	頸喉
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	頸喉
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	頸喉
	Taishan	頸喉
	Kaiping (Chikan)	頸喉
	Enping (Niujiang)	頸喉
	Heshan (Yayao)	喉嚨
	Dongguan	喉嚨
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	喉嚨
	Yangjiang	喉嚨, 喉
	Nanning	喉嚨
	Wuzhou	喉嚨
	Yulin	喉嚨
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	喉嚨
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	喉嚨
	Singapore (Guangfu)	喉嚨
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	喉嚨
Gan	Nanchang	喉嚨
	Lichuan	喉嚨
	Pingxiang	喉嚨
Hakka	Meixian	喉嗹, 喉嚨, 聲喉
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	喉嚨
	Huiyang	喉嗹
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	喉嗹
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	喉嚨
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	喉嚨梗
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	喉嚨, 喉嚨胲
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	喉嗹
	Wuhua (Changbu)	喉嚨
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	喉嗹胲
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	喉嗹
	Jiexi	喉嗹
	Luhe	喉嚨胲
	Yudu	喉靈
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	喉嗹
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	喉嗹徑
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	喉嗹
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	喉嗹
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	喉嗹
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	喉嗹
	Hong Kong	喉嗹
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	喉嚨
	Sabah (Longchuan)	喉嗹
	Senai (Huiyang)	喉嚨
Huizhou	Jixi	喉嚨
Jin	Taiyuan	嗓子, 喉嚨
	Pingyao	喉嚨, 喉嚨器兒
	Xinzhou	喉嚨
	Hohhot	嗓子, 喉嚨
Northern Min	Jian'ou	喉嚨, 喉嚨管
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	喉嚨管
	Songxi	喉嚨
	Zhenghe	喉嚨
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	喉嚨
	Jianyang	喉嚨, 喉嚨管
	Wuyishan	喉嚨
	Pucheng (Shibei)	喉嚨, 喉嚨管
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	喉嚨, 喉嚨頭
	Fuzhou (Changle)	喉嚨
	Fuqing	喉嚨
	Yongtai	喉嚨
	Gutian	喉嚨頭
	Fu'an	喉嚨
	Ningde	喉嚨
	Shouning	喉嚨
	Zhouning	喉嚨頭
	Fuding	喉嚨頭
	Matsu	喉嚨, 喉嚨頭
Southern Min	Xiamen	嚨喉, 喉空
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	嚨喉
	Quanzhou	嚨喉, 喉空
	Zhangzhou	嚨喉, 喉空
	Zhao'an	頷下, 嚨喉
	Dongshan	嚨喉
	Taipei	嚨喉
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	嚨喉
	Kaohsiung	嚨喉
	Yilan	嚨喉
	Changhua (Lukang)	嚨喉
	Taichung	嚨喉
	Taichung (Wuqi)	嚨喉
	Tainan	嚨喉
	Taitung	嚨喉
	Hsinchu	嚨喉
	Kinmen	嚨喉
	Penghu (Magong)	嚨喉
	Penang (Hokkien)	嚨喉
	Singapore (Hokkien)	嚨喉, 嚨喉空, 喉嚨
	Manila (Hokkien)	喉
	Longyan	喉頭裡仔
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	嚨喉, 頷胿
	Datian	嚨喉頭
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	喉嚨
	Chaozhou	喉嚨, 喉
	Shantou	喉嚨, 喉
	Shantou (Chenghai)	喉
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	喉嚨
	Jieyang	喉
	Haifeng	嚨喉, 嚨喉空
	Bangkok (Teochew)	喉嚨, 喉頭
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	喉嚨
	Singapore (Teochew)	喉嚨, 喉
	Wenchang	喉
	Haikou	喉空
	Singapore (Hainanese)	喉, 喉空
Puxian Min	Putian	嚨喉
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	嚨喉
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	嚨喉
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	嚨喉
	Xianyou	咽頭
	Xianyou (Fengting)	咽頭
Central Min	Yong'an	喉嚨
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	嚨喉
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	嚨喉
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	喉嚨
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	嗓子, 喉嚨
Shehua	Fuding	喉嚨
	Luoyuan	喉嚨管
	Sanming	喉嚨管
	Shunchang	喉嚨管
	Hua'an	喉嚨
	Guixi (Zhangping)	喉嚨管
	Jingning (Hexi)	喉嚨管
	Lishui	喉嚨管
	Longyou	喉嚨
	Chaozhou	喉嚨
	Fengshun	喉嚨
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	喉嗓條
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	喉梯
Wu	Shanghai	胡嚨, 喉嚨
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	胡嚨
	Shanghai (Jiading)	胡嚨
	Shanghai (Chongming)	胡嚨
	Suzhou	斛嚨, 喉嚨
	Wuxi	胡嚨
	Danyang	喉嚨
	Hangzhou	喉嚨
	Ningbo	胡嚨, 喉嚨
	Wenzhou	靈喉, 喉嚨
	Jinhua	喉嚨
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	喉嚨頭
Xiang	Changsha	喉嚨
	Loudi	喉嚨
	Shuangfeng	喉嚨
	Quanzhou	喉嚨

(voice):

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人聲／人声 (rénshēng)
喉口 (Leizhou Min)
喉空 (Hokkien)
嗓門／嗓门 (sǎngmén)
嗓音 (sǎngyīn)
聲空／声空 (Xiamen Hokkien)
聲音／声音 (shēngyīn)
聲頭／声头 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
語音／语音 (yǔyīn)

Derived terms