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咽 meaning in English

yàn

to swallow

HSK 7-9verbTraditional 嚥9 strokes

Meaning of 咽

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yàn
  1. to swallow
yàn
  1. variant of 嚥|咽[yan4]
yān
  1. throat; pharynx
  2. narrow pass
yè
  1. to choke (in crying)

咽 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

老lǎo人rén咽yàn下xià了le最zuì后hòu一yì口kǒu气qì。
The old man breathed his last.
不bù喝hē水shuǐ我wǒ咽yàn不bù下xià这zhè些xiē药yào片piàn。
I can't swallow these tablets without a drink of water.
他tā狼láng吞tūn虎hǔ咽yàn地dì吃chī了le食shí物wù。
He wolfed down the food.
他tā狼láng吞tūn虎hǔ咽yàn地dì吃chī了le一yī顿dùn。
He devoured his meal.
食shí物wù在zài吞tūn咽yàn前qián要yào经jīng过guò咀jǔ嚼jué。
Food should be chewed before being swallowed.

Stroke order for each character

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咽 yàn · to swallow · 9 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 咽.

呜咽wūyèto sob; to whimper
咽喉yānhóuthroat
狼吞虎咽lángtūnhǔyànto wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself
咽下yànxiàto swallow
哽咽gěngyèto choke with emotion; to choke with sobs

Questions about 咽

What does 咽 mean?

咽 (yàn) means "to swallow" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 咽?

咽 is made of 1 character: 咽 (9 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.

Is 咽 an HSK word?

Yes. 咽 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 咽 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 咽 is written 嚥.

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