咽
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
Other readings: yān — throat; pharynx; narrow pass · yè — to choke (in crying)
Stroke order
Examples
- 喝一口水把药片咽下去。Take a sip of water and swallow the pill.