咽下 meaning in English
to swallow
Traditional 嚥下12 strokes
Meaning of 咽下
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
yànxià
- to swallow
咽下 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
老人咽下了最后一口气。
The old man breathed his last.
Stroke order for each character
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咽 yàn · to swallow · 9 strokes
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- 2
- 3
- 4
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- 9
下 xià · down · 3 strokes
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- 2
- 3
Related words
Words that share a character with 咽下.
| 坐下 | zuò xia | to sit down |
| 下次 | xià cì | next time |
| 下午 | xiàwǔ | afternoon; p.m. |
| 下车 | xià chē | to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc) |
| 楼下 | lóu xià | downstairs |
| 下班 | xiàbān | to finish work; to get off work; next service (train, bus etc) |
| 下雨 | xià yǔ | to rain |
| 下课 | xiàkè | to finish class; to get out of class |
| 下边 | xiàbian | under; the underside |
| 一下儿 | yīxiàr | erhua form of 一下[yi1 xia4] |
| 留下 | liúxia | to leave behind; to stay behind |
| 放下 | fàngxia | to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside |
Questions about 咽下
What does 咽下 mean?
咽下 (yànxià) means "to swallow".
How do you write 咽下?
咽下 is made of 2 characters: 咽 (9 strokes), 下 (3 strokes). That is 12 strokes in total.
How is 咽下 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 咽下 is written 嚥下.