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咽
yàn
1. variant of [[嚥|咽<yàn>]]
Very Common • Top 6% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

咽
yàn
throat; pharynx
HSK 6 9 丶

Compound Words (20)

前咽
qiányān
prepharynx (biology)
吞咽
tūnyàn
to swallow
喉咽
hóuyān
laryngopharynx
咽下
yànxià
to swallow
咽住
yànzhù
to suppress (a sob, harsh words etc)
咽气
yànqì
to die
鼻咽
bíyān
nose and throat
咽喉
yānhóu
throat
咽峡
yānxiá
isthmus of the fauces
咽炎
yānyán
pharyngitis
咽头
yāntóu
pharynx
咽鼓管
yāngǔguǎn
Eustachian tube (linking pharynx [[咽]] to tympanic cavity [[鼓室]] of middle ear)
鼻咽癌
bíyānái
cancers of the nose and throat
咽峡炎
yānxiáyán
angina
狼吞虎咽
lángtūnhǔyàn
to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
HSK 6
细嚼慢咽
xìjiáomànyàn
to eat slowly (idiom)
吞咽困难
tūnyànkùnnán
dysphagia (medicine)
扼襟控咽
èjīnkòngyān
to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass
耳鼻咽喉
ěrbíyānhóu
ear nose and throat
咽下困难
yànxiàkùnnán
dysphagia (medicine)

Alternate Entries

咽
yān
narrow pass / throat / pharynx
咽
yè
to choke (in crying)
咽
yàn
to swallow

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
6
Character Frequency Rank
2,030
Word Frequency Rank
4,730 of 84,292

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