Character
| HSK | 6 |
|---|---|
| FREQUENCY | 2031st character |
| RADICAL | ⼝ (30.6) |
| STROKES | 9 |
| INDEX # | 1504 |
throat; pharynx
HSK 6
#2031
DEFINITIONS
| 咽 yàn |
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| 咽 yè |
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| 咽 yān |
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STROKES
WORDS
| 狼吞虎咽 láng tūn hǔ yàn | 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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