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嚥
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swallow

HSK 10
Human →Actions
エン
の.む
연
Components
口 mouth+ 燕 swallow =
嚥 swallow
口 Meaning component
kǒu mouth
mouth
燕 Phonetic component
yàn swallow
variant of 燕[yàn]
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Notes
Similar Characters
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Example Sentences
CHINESE WORDS (9)
咽下 [yàn​xià] #16,070
to swallow
吞咽 [tūn​yàn] #23,709
to swallow
狼吞虎咽 [láng​tūn​hǔ​yàn] #20,901
to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
咽气 [yàn​qì] #24,955
to die
细嚼慢咽 [xì​jiáo​màn​yàn] #36,616
to eat slowly (idiom)
吞咽困难 [tūn​yàn​kùn​nán]
dysphagia (medicine)
咽下困难 [yàn​xià​kùn​nán]
dysphagia (medicine)
咽住 [yàn​zhù]
to suppress (a sob, harsh words etc)
打掉门牙，往肚子里咽 [dǎ​diào​mén​yá​, ​wǎng​dù​zi​lǐ​yàn]
lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom)
JAPANESE WORDS (5)
嚥下 [えんげ] #25,355
swallowing
誤嚥 [ごえん] #131,144
breathing in (of a foreign body, food, etc.)
誤嚥性肺炎 [ごえんせいはいえん] #149,639
aspiration pneumonia
嚥下障害 [えんげしょうがい] #182,177
dysphagia (symptom of difficulty in swallowing)
嚥下不能 [えんかふのう]
aphagia