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咽喉 (yān hóu): Throat / pharynx (Noun) — Meaning & Stroke Order
HSK 3.0
Level 7-9
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咽 • yān • throat • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
HSK 3.0 · L7-9
yān
咽
throat
喉 • hóu • throat
hóu
喉
throat
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More common words that include characters from 咽喉.
Words with
咽
狼吞虎咽
láng tūn hǔ yàn
to wolf down one's food [idiom]
呜咽
wū yè
Sob / choke with sobs
哽咽
gěng yè
Choke up
吞咽
tūn yàn
to swallow
咽下
yàn xià
swallow (food or drink)
咽气
yàn qì
to breathe one's last; to die
Words with
喉
喉咙
hóu lóng
throat; gullet
歌喉
gē hóu
singing voice
4.
How to Use 咽喉 in Sentences
Noun + Adjective
with
疼痛
yān
咽
hóu
喉
téng
疼
tòng
痛
neutral
sore throat
Noun + Noun
yān
咽
hóu
喉
bù
部
wèi
位
neutral
Verb + Object
with
扼住
è
扼
zhù
住
yān
咽
hóu
喉
5.
Example Sentences with 咽喉
wǒ
我
de
的
yān
咽
hóu
喉
téng
疼
。
throat area
yān
咽
hóu
喉
jí
疾
bìng
病
formal
Written
throat disease
yān
咽
hóu
喉
yào
要
dào
道
formal
Written
strategic passage
formal
Written
strangle the throat
My throat hurts.
yī
医
shēng
生
jiàn
建
yì
议
tā
他
jiè
戒
yān
烟
,
yīn
因
wèi
为
cháng
长
qī
期
xī
吸
yān
烟
yán
严
zhòng
重
sǔn
损
hài
害
yān
咽
hóu
喉
jiàn
健
kāng
康
。
The doctor advised him to quit smoking because long-term smoking severely damages throat health.
nǐ
你
zuì
最
jìn
近
shì
是
fǒu
否
gǎn
感
jué
觉
yān
咽
hóu
喉
yǒu
有
yì
异
wù
物
gǎn
感
,
huò
或
zhě
者
tūn
吞
yàn
咽
kùn
困
nán
难
?
Have you recently felt a foreign body sensation in your throat or had difficulty swallowing?
yǎn
演
jiǎng
讲
qián
前
tā
他
qīng
清
le
了
qīng
清
yān
咽
hóu
喉
,
rán
然
hòu
后
yǐ
以
hóng
洪
liàng
亮
de
的
shēng
声
yīn
音
kāi
开
shǐ
始
le
了
zhì
致
cí
辞
。
He cleared his throat before the speech and then began his address in a resonant voice.
zhè
这
ge
个
zhàn
战
lüè
略
yào
要
dì
地
shì
是
tōng
通
wǎng
往
běi
北
fāng
方
de
的
yān
咽
hóu
喉
,
bì
必
xū
须
láo
牢
láo
牢
kòng
控
zhì
制
。
This strategic location is the throat to the north and must be firmly controlled.