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咽
嚥
yàn
1. to swallow
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
咽喉
yānhóu
throat
咽峡
yānxiá
isthmus of the fauces
咽炎
yānyán
pharyngitis
咽头
yāntóu
pharynx
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
咽峡炎
yānxiáyán
angina
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
吞咽困难
tūnyànkùnnán
dysphagia (medicine)
咽下困难
yànxiàkùnnán
dysphagia (medicine)
扼襟控咽
èjīnkòngyān
to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass
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)
耳鼻咽喉
ěrbíyānhóu
ear nose and throat

Alternate Entries

咽
yān
narrow pass / throat / pharynx
咽
yàn
variant of [[嚥|咽<yàn>]]
咽
yè
to choke (in crying)

Metadata

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