"咽" Chinese-English Dictionary

咽 yān

Radical: 口 (3 traits)
Number of strokes: 9
Structure: gauche et droite

Cangjie: RWK 口田大
Sijiao: 6600.0
Wubi: KLDY
GB 2312: D1CA
Big5: AB7C
Unicode: U+54BD

Decomposition Practice Sheet Dictionary of examples Synonyms

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
咽	yān	throat / pharynx / narrow pass	syn
咽嚥	yàn	to swallow	syn
咽	yè	to choke (in crying)	syn

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
咽喉	yān hóu	throat	syn
咽下嚥下	yàn xià	to swallow	syn
咽炎	yān yán	pharyngitis
咽气嚥氣	yàn qì	to die / to breathe one's last	syn
咽头咽頭	yān tóu	pharynx	syn
咽峡咽峽	yān xiá	isthmus of the fauces
咽住嚥住	yàn zhù	to suppress (a sob, harsh words etc)
咽鼓管	yān gǔ guǎn	Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽[yan1] to the tympanic cavity 鼓室[gu3 shi4] of the middle ear) / auditory tube
咽峡炎咽峽炎	yān xiá yán	angina / sore throat
咽喉要道		defile
咽下困难嚥下困難	yàn xià kùn nán	dysphagia (medicine)

Chinese	Pinyin	Translation	Actions
哽咽	gěng yè	to choke with emotion / to choke with sobs	syn
呜咽嗚咽	wū yè	to sob / to whimper	syn
吞咽吞嚥	tūn yàn	to swallow / to gulp	syn
鼻咽	bí yān	nose and throat
抽咽	chōu yè	to sob
梗咽	gěng yè	variant of 哽咽[geng3ye4]
喉咽	hóu yān	laryngopharynx / fig. a key position
前咽	qián yān	prepharynx (biology)
下咽	xià yān	(anatomy) hypopharynx
鼻咽癌	bí yān ái	cancers of the nose and throat / nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)
狼吞虎咽狼吞虎嚥	láng tūn hǔ yàn	to wolf down one's food (idiom) / to devour ravenously / to gorge oneself	syn
扼襟控咽	è jīn kòng yān	to secure a stranglehold (idiom) / fig. to hold a strategic pass
耳鼻咽喉	ěr bí yān hóu	ear nose and throat / otolaryngology
吞咽困难吞咽困難	tūn yàn kùn nán	dysphagia (medicine)
细嚼慢咽細嚼慢嚥	xì jiáo màn yàn	to eat slowly (idiom)