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yàn

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yàn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
yàn | yan4
English translation
to swallow, to gulp

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About yàn

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

yàn

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Non-morpheme / 非语素字 Fēi yǔsù zì

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of yàn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口燕

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

yàn

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and yīn represents the sound. Simplified form of yàn .

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Words with yàn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
yān throat yān
咽喉 yān hóu throat咽喉 yān hóu
咽下 yàn xià to swallow嚥下
吞咽 tūn yàn to swallow吞嚥
哽咽 gěng yè to choke with emotion哽咽 gěng yè
狼吞虎咽 lángtūnhǔyàn to gorge oneself狼吞虎嚥
呜咽 wū yè to sob嗚咽
咽气 yàn qì to die嚥氣
鼻咽癌 bí yān aí cancers of the nose and throat鼻咽癌 bí yān aí
咽炎 yān yán pharyngitis咽炎 yān yán
细嚼慢咽 xì jiáo màn yàn to eat slowly (idiom)細嚼慢嚥
咽鼓管 yān gǔ guǎn auditory tube咽鼓管 yān gǔ guǎn
抽咽 chōu yè to sob抽咽 chōu yè
咽峡炎 yān xiá yán angina咽峽炎
咽峡 yān xiá isthmus of the fauces咽峽
咽头 yān tóu pharynx咽頭

yàn Decomposition & Compounds

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