"咽" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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(Bushou)
Strokes 3
Composition
Strokes 9
Structure
Decomp. 口囗大
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Prononciation
Mandarin yān; yàn; yè
Entry Methods
Pinyin yan1; yan4; ye4
Kanji /
Cangjie
RWK
口田乂
Sijiao 6600.0
Wubi KLDY
CNS 11643 1-5040
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+54BD
GB2312 D1CA
BIG5 AB7C
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Results for 咽
 yān narrow pass / throat / pharynx
 yàn to swallow
 yè to choke (in crying)
Results beginning with 咽
 yān hóu throat
 yàn xià to swallow / to suppress
 yān yán pharyngitis
 yàn qì to die / to breathe one's last
 yān tóu pharynx
 yān xiá isthmus of the fauces
 yàn zhù to suppress (a sob, harsh words etc)
 yān gǔ guǎn Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽[yan1] to the tympanic cavity 鼓室[gu3 shi4] of the middle ear) / auditory tube
 yān xiá yán angina / sore throat
  defile
 yàn xià kùn nán dysphagia (medicine)
Approximate Results for 咽
 gěng yè to choke with emotion / to choke with sobs
 wū yè to sob / to whimper
 tūn yàn to swallow / to gulp
 bí yān nose and throat
 chōu yè to sob
 gěng yè variant of 哽咽[geng3 ye4]
 hóu yān laryngopharynx / fig. a key position
 qián yān prepharynx (biology)
 bí yān ái cancers of the nose and throat / nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)
 láng tūn hǔ yàn to wolf down one's food (idiom) / to devour ravenously / to gorge oneself
 è jīn kòng yān to secure a stranglehold (idiom) / fig. to hold a strategic pass
 ěr bí yān hóu ear nose and throat / otolaryngology
 tūn yàn kùn nán dysphagia (medicine)
 xì jiáo màn yàn to eat slowly (idiom)
  strep throat
 dǎ diào 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
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