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咽
咽
yan1
 
- narrow pass; throat; pharynx
 
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咽
咽
yan4
 
- variant of 嚥|咽
 
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咽
嚥
yan4
 
- to swallow
 
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咽
咽
ye4
 
- to choke (in crying)
 
| strokes | 
9 | 
| radical | 
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| strokes after radical | 
6 | 
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鼻咽
鼻咽
bi2 yan1
 
- nose and throat
 
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鼻咽癌
鼻咽癌
bi2 yan1 ai2
 
- cancers of the nose and throat; Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma NPC (medical)
 
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抽咽
抽咽
chou1 ye4
 
- to sob
 
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扼襟控咽
扼襟控咽
e4 jin1 kong4 yan1
 
- to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass
 
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耳鼻咽喉
耳鼻咽喉
er3 bi2 yan1 hou2
 
- ear nose and throat; otolaryngology
 
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梗咽
梗咽
geng3 ye4
 
- variant of 哽咽
 
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哽咽
哽咽
geng3 ye4
 
- to choke with emotion; to choke with sobs
 
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喉咽
喉咽
hou2 yan1
 
- laryngopharynx; fig. a key position
 
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狼吞虎咽
狼吞虎嚥
lang2 tun1 hu3 yan4
 
- to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself
 
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前咽
前咽
qian2 yan1
 
- prepharynx (biology)
 
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吞咽
吞嚥
tun1 yan4
 
- to swallow; to gulp
 
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吞咽困难
吞嚥困難
tun1 yan4 kun4 nan2
 
- dysphagia (medicine)
 
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呜咽
嗚咽
wu1 ye4
 
- to sob; to whimper
 
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细嚼慢咽
細嚼慢嚥
xi4 jiao2 man4 yan4
 
- to eat slowly (idiom)
 
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咽鼓管
咽鼓管
yan1 gu3 guan3
 
- Eustachian tube (linking pharynx 咽 to tympanic cavity 鼓室 of middle ear); auditory tube
 
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咽喉
咽喉
yan1 hou2
 
- throat
 
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咽头
咽頭
yan1 tou2
 
- pharynx
 
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咽峡
咽峽
yan1 xia2
 
- isthmus of the fauces
 
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咽峡炎
咽峽炎
yan1 xia2 yan2
 
- angina; sore throat
 
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咽炎
咽炎
yan1 yan2
 
- pharyngitis
 
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咽气
嚥氣
yan4 qi4
 
- to die; to breathe one's last
 
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咽下
嚥下
yan4 xia4
 
- to swallow; to suppress
 
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咽下困难
嚥下困難
yan4 xia4 kun4 nan2
 
- dysphagia (medicine)
 
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咽住
嚥住
yan4 zhu4
 
- to suppress (a sob, harsh words etc)