English
- throat
- throat; pharynx
- variant of 嚥|咽[yan4]
- to choke (in crying)
- pharynx
- narrow pass
- to swallow
- to swallow
- pharynx
粵語
- 吞；令食物或物件通過咽喉進入食道
- 吞；令食物或物件通過咽喉進入食道
- 人體入面連接口腔同食道嘅部分
Variants
Words containing 咽
- 咽喉jin1 hau4
throat
- 哽咽gang2 jin1
to choke with emotion
- 下咽haa6 jin3
(anatomy) hypopharynx
- 鼻咽bei6 jin1
nose and throat
- 嗚咽wu1 jin1
to sob
- 抽咽cau1 jit3
to sob
- 咽炎jin1 jim4
pharyngitis
- 梗咽gang2 jit3
variant of 哽咽[geng3 ye4]
- 幽咽jau1 jit3
to whimper
- 鼻咽癌bei6 jin1 ngaam4
nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)
- 咽韌jin1 ngan6
(texture of food or material) chewy, similar to "al dente"
- 咽頭jin1 tau4
pharynx
- 前咽cin4 jin1
prepharynx (biology)
- 喉咽hau4 jin1
laryngopharynx
- 咽峽jin1 haap6
isthmus of the fauces
- 耳鼻咽喉ji5 bei6 jin1 hau4
ear nose and throat
- 咽鼓管jin1 gu2 gun2
Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽[yan1] to the tympanic cavity 鼓室[gu3 shi4] of the middle ear)
- 下咽癌haa6 jin1 ngaam4
hypopharyngeal cancer
- 咽峽炎jin1 haap6 jim4
angina
- 急性咽炎gap1 sing3 jin1 jim4
- 扼襟控咽ak1 kam1 hung3 jin1
to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass