Miaozi

咽

嚥

yànㄧㄢˋ
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HSK 7

Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    to swallow

  2. 2

    throat; pharynx

  3. 3

    narrow pass

  4. 4

    variant of 嚥|咽[yan4]

Examples

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食物在吞嚥前要經過咀嚼。

Food should be chewed before being swallowed.

Characters

Character breakdown

口

kǒu

mouth

因

yīn

old variant of 因[yin1]

Stroke practice

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Characters

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