哽咽，哽噎，鯁噎

[yersi]

Came over 哽咽 gěngyè in an example sentence over at Jukuu, which means "choking with sobs".

When I went to nciku to get an example for the flashcard, I found 哽噎 gěngyē, which means "choke" but also "choking with sobs".

Then I entered "gengye" in Wenlin and got 鯁噎 gěngyē, which also means "choke".

Are these interchangeable variations for writing the same word, or is there any difference between them?

[xiaocai]

I think they mean basically the same thing, but 哽咽 is by far the most commonly used one, at least in mainland China.

[syfbsceq]

哽咽 it means choking with sobs.

哽噎 it means choking.

[tiny_wang]

usually they re the same meaning.

and i think it's only the evolution of the three words,because they have the same expression...feel something wedged in the throat...even have tears and so on.

and maybe have a bit difference in the literal meaning between the three words,

“哽咽”is the closest to the sob,

“哽噎”is something in your throat,may be because u eat too mucb and too quickly.

“鯁噎”a chinese proverb is “如鲠在咽”means u can't say anything like have a fishbone stuck in your throat,it's always applied a person moved by sth or feel sadly about sth...

and we ues “哽咽”most usually