咽
3 readings · tap one to hear it
to swallow
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 口 +6
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 咽
- Common rank
- #1,931
- Unicode
- U+54BD
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Formation & memory
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Words with 咽
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| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打掉门牙，往肚子里咽 | lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom); fig. to… | |
| 咽下困难 | dysphagia (medicine) | |
| 咽鼓管 | Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽[yan1] to the tympanic cavity 鼓室[gu3 shi4] of the mi… | |
| 咽头 | pharynx | |
| 耳鼻咽喉 | ear nose and throat; otolaryngology | |
| 咽气 | to die; to breathe one's last | |
| 下咽 | (anatomy) hypopharynx | |
| 下咽 | to swallow (food or drink) | |
| 咽下 | to swallow | |
| 前咽 | prepharynx (biology) | |
| 咽住 | to suppress (a sob, harsh words etc) | |
| 下咽癌 | hypopharyngeal cancer | |
| 狼吞虎咽 | to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself | |
| 吞咽困难 | dysphagia (medicine) | |
| 咽炎 | pharyngitis | |
| 咽峡炎 | angina; sore throat | |
| 鼻咽 | nose and throat | |
| 咽喉 | throat | |
| 喉咽 | laryngopharynx; fig. a key position | |
| 细嚼慢咽 | to eat slowly (idiom) |
Sound family
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