| è | to grip forcefully/to clutch at/to guard/to control/to hold |
| 扼 | to grip forcefully to clutch at to guard |
| 扼制 | to control to restrain |
| 扼喉抚背 | to strangle and slap the back (idiom); fig. to occupy a strategic post |
| 扼守 | to hold a pass to guard (a strategic location) |
| 扼杀 | to strangle to throttle |
| 扼杀自由 | liberticide |
| 扼死 | to strangle to throttle to stifle (opinions) |
| 扼流圈 | choke; choking turn; inductive choke; retardation coil; reactive coil; impedance coil; choker; throttle; CHC; choke coil |
| 扼腕 | to wring one's hands (literally wring one's wrists) |
| 扼襟控咽 | to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass |
| 扼要 | to the point concise |
| 扼颈 | to strangle to throttle |