Choke

"Choke" in cmn

使窒息

shǐ zhìxí

(prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

qiāng

(be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

嗆 /呛

(be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

噎住

yēzhù

(be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

窒息

zhìxī

(be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.