咽 yàn yè yān

throat; pharynx

HSK 6 #2031

DEFINITIONS

咽 yàn
  • variant of 嚥|咽[yan4]
  • to swallow
咽 yè
  • to choke (in crying)
咽 yān
  • narrow pass
  • throat
  • pharynx

STROKES

咽 stroke order diagram
咽 stroke order animation

WORDS

狼吞虎咽 láng tūn hǔ yàn
HSK 6
to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself
咽下 yàn xià to swallow; to suppress
咽喉 yān hóu throat
吞咽 tūn yàn to swallow; to gulp
咽气 yàn qì to die; to breathe one's last
呜咽 wū yè to sob; to whimper
哽咽 gěng yè to choke with emotion; to choke with sobs
咽炎 yān yán pharyngitis
前咽 qián yān prepharynx (biology)
吞咽困难 tūn yàn kùn nán dysphagia (medicine)
咽峡 yān xiá isthmus of the fauces
咽峽 yān xiá isthmus of the fauces
咽峡炎 yān xiá yán angina; sore throat
咽峽炎 yān xiá yán angina; sore throat
咽头 yān tóu pharynx
咽頭 yān tóu pharynx
咽鼓管 yān gǔ guǎn Eustachian tube (linking pharynx 咽 to tympanic cavity 鼓室 of middle ear); auditory tube
喉咽 hóu yān laryngopharynx; fig. a key position
嗚咽 wū yè to sob; to whimper
咽下困难 yàn xià kùn nán dysphagia (medicine)
咽住 yàn zhù to suppress (a sob, harsh words etc)
扼襟控咽 è jīn kòng yān to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass
抽咽 chōu yè to sob
梗咽 gěng yè variant of 哽咽[geng3 ye4]
细嚼慢咽 xì jiáo màn yàn to eat slowly (idiom)
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