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咽

yàn
HSK 3.0 Level 7 Verb Uncommon

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

Definitions

  1. 1. to swallow

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Character focus

Stroke order

9 strokes

Word relationships

Antonyms

1 item
吐
tù

to vomit

‘咽’是吞下，‘吐’是吐出。

Related words

2 items
吞咽
tūn yàn

to swallow

复合词，包含‘咽’字，表示吞咽。
嚼
jiáo

to chew

咀嚼食物是吞咽的前一步。

Synonyms

1 item
吞
tūn

to swallow

两者都表示吞咽动作，‘吞’更强调整个吞下，而‘咽’更强调通过咽喉的动作。

Usage notes

Common mistakes

‘咽’(yàn)是动词‘吞咽’，不要与名词‘咽’(yān, throat)或形容词‘咽’(yè, choked)混淆。

Example Sentences

1 shown
他喝了一口水， 咽 了下去。
He took a sip of water and swallowed it.

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Words Containing 咽

吞咽
tūn yàn

to swallow

咽喉
yān hóu

throat

呜咽
wū yè

to sob

前咽
qián yān

prepharynx (biology)

吞咽困难
tūn yàn kùn nán

dysphagia (medicine)

咽峡
yān xiá

isthmus of the fauces

咽峡炎
yān xiá yán

angina

咽炎
yān yán

pharyngitis

咽头
yān tóu

pharynx

咽鼓管
yān gǔ guǎn

Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽[yān] to the tympanic cavity 鼓室[gǔ shì] of the middle ear)

哽咽
gěng yè

to choke with emotion

喉咽
hóu yān

laryngopharynx

咽下
yàn xià

to swallow

咽下困难
yàn xià kùn nán

dysphagia (medicine)

咽住
yàn zhù

to suppress (a sob, harsh words etc)

咽气
yàn qì

to die

打掉门牙，往肚子里咽
dǎ diào mén yá , wǎng dù zi lǐ yàn

lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom)

抽咽
chōu yè

to sob

狼吞虎咽
láng tūn hǔ yàn

to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously

细嚼慢咽
xì jiáo màn yàn

to eat slowly (idiom)

耳鼻咽喉
ěr bí yān hóu

ear nose and throat

鼻咽
bí yān

nose and throat

鼻咽癌
bí yān ái

cancers of the nose and throat