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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for:

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
yān - throat; pharynx
- narrow pass
yàn - variant of 嚥|咽[yan4]
- to choke (in crying)
yàn - to swallow

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 8 10,219 8,448 7,492

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

Radical:

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

Semantic:

Hint:

Mouth

Other Words Containing

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 8 10,219 8,448 7,492
咽下 - - 16,070 34,012 24,637
咽喉 - 8 18,119 12,870 14,181
狼吞虎咽 - - 20,901 40,904 27,831
吞咽 6 - 23,709 25,485 26,803
咽气 - - 24,955 76,544 55,102
呜咽 - 9 26,243 38,881 38,801
哽咽 - - 46,545 18,298 17,102
咽炎 - - 48,115 36,293 21,964