咽

yàn

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

Definitions

1. to swallow

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