咽

Traditional嚥

to swallow

Other readingsyānthroat; pharynx yèto choke (in crying)

Example sentences

不喝水我咽不下这些药片。

bù hē shuǐ wǒ yàn bù xià zhè xiē yào piàn.

I can't swallow these tablets without a drink of water.

Appears in

咽下yàn xiàto swallow 咽喉yān hóuthroat 狼吞虎咽láng tūn hǔ yànto wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously 吞咽tūn yànto swallow 咽气yàn qìto die 呜咽wū yèto sob 哽咽gěng yèto choke with emotion 咽炎yān yánpharyngitis 下咽xià yān(anatomy) hypopharynx 下咽癌xià yān ái(medicine) hypopharyngeal cancer 下咽xià yànto swallow (food or drink)前咽qián yānprepharynx (biology)