咽
throat; pharynx; throat; pharynx; narrow pass; to choke (in crying); to swallow
- Strokes
- 9
- Pinyin
- yàn, yān, yè
Parts
Words with 咽
- 下咽xià yān · xiayan(anatomy) hypopharynx; to swallow (food or drink)
- 前咽qián yān · qianyanprepharynx (biology)
- 吞咽tūn yàn · tunyanto swallow; to gulp
- 咽喉yān hóu · yanhouthroat
- 咽峡yān xiá · yanxiaisthmus of the fauces
- 咽炎yān yán · yanyanpharyngitis
- 咽头yān tóu · yantoupharynx
- 哽咽gěng yè · gengyeto choke with emotion; to choke with sobs
- 喉咽hóu yān · houyanlaryngopharynx; fig. a key position
- 呜咽wū yè · wuyeto sob; to whimper
- 咽下yàn xià · yanxiato swallow
- 咽住yàn zhù · yanzhuto suppress (a sob, harsh words etc)
- 咽气yàn qì · yanqito die; to breathe one's last
- 抽咽chōu yè · chouyeto sob
- 鼻咽bí yān · biyannose and throat
- 下咽癌xià yān ái · xiayanai(medicine) hypopharyngeal cancer
- 咽峡炎yān xiá yán · yanxiayanangina; sore throat
- 咽鼓管yān gǔ guǎn · yanguguanEustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽[yan1] to the tympanic cavity 鼓室[gu3 shi4] of the middle ear); auditory tube
- 鼻咽癌bí yān ái · biyanaicancers of the nose and throat; nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)
- 吞咽困难tūn yàn kùn nán · tunyankunnandysphagia (medicine)
- 咽下困难yàn xià kùn nán · yanxiakunnandysphagia (medicine)
- 扼襟控咽è jīn kòng yān · ejinkongyanto secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass
- 狼吞虎咽láng tūn hǔ yàn · langtunhuyanto wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself
- 细嚼慢咽xì jiáo màn yàn · xijiaomanyanto eat slowly (idiom)
- 耳鼻咽喉ěr bí yān hóu · erbiyanhouear nose and throat; otolaryngology
- 打掉门牙,往肚子里咽dǎ diào mén yá , wǎng dù zi lǐ yàn · dadiaomenya,wangduziliyanlit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom); fig. to endure bullying or insults stoically