| 咽 | |||
| throat; pharynx | |||
| Radical | 口 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 6 | Total Strokes | 9 |
| Mandarin reading | yān yàn yè | Cantonese reading | jin1 jin3 jit3 |
| Japanese on reading | in etsu | Japanese kun reading | nodo |
| Korean reading | in yel | Vietnamese reading | nhằn |
| Semantic Variant(s) | 嚥 | ||
| Specialized Semantic Variant(s) |
嚥 | ||
| 咽峡 | [ yān xiá ] isthmus of the fauces |
| 咽峡炎 | [ yān xiá yán ] angina, sore throat |
| 咽头 | [ yān toú ] pharynx |
| 咽 | [ yàn ] to swallow |
| 咽下 | [ yàn xià ] to swallow, to suppress |
| 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, to breathe one's last |
| ⇒ 吞咽 | [ tūn yàn ] to swallow, to gulp |
| ⇒ 吞咽困难 | [ tūn yàn kùn nán ] dysphagia (medicine) |
| ⇒ 呜咽 | [ wū yè ] to sob, to whimper |
| ⇒ 打掉门牙，往肚子里咽 | [ dǎ mén yá wǎng dù zi lǐ yàn ] lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom), fig. to endure bullying or insults stoically |
| ⇒ 狼吞虎咽 | [ láng tūn hǔ yàn ] to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously, to gorge oneself |
| ⇒ 细嚼慢咽 | [ xì màn yàn ] to eat slowly (idiom) |