# 咽 (yàn)

In Mandarin Chinese, 咽 (yàn) means “to swallow; throat”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to swallow; throat
- Pinyin: yàn (yan4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- Other readings: yān — throat; pharynx; narrow pass · yè — to choke (in crying)

## Examples

- 喝一口水把药片咽下去。
  Hē yì kǒu shuǐ bǎ yàopiàn yàn xiàqù.
  Take a sip of water and swallow the pill.

https://hanziro.com/word/yan-swallow/

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