yàn

to swallow

mouth (口) + sound (因) = to swallow

The mouth radical anchors the meaning: swallowing is something the mouth does. 因 contributes the sound yān/yàn rather than any semantic idea here.

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他把药片下去了。

tā bǎ yào piàn yàn xia qu le。

He swallowed the pill down.

她难过得连饭都不下去。

tā nán guò de lián fàn dōu yàn bu xia qu。

She was so sad that she could not even swallow her food.

Words with 咽

鼻咽

bí yān

nose and throat

鼻咽癌

bí yān ái

cancers of the nose and throat

下咽

xià yān

(anatomy) hypopharynx

下咽癌

xià yān ái

(medicine) hypopharyngeal cancer

下咽

xià yàn

to swallow (food or drink)

前咽

qián yān

prepharynx (biology)

吞咽

tūn yàn

to swallow

吞咽困难

tūn yàn kùn nán

dysphagia (medicine)

咽喉

yān hóu

throat

咽峡

yān xiá

isthmus of the fauces

咽峡炎

yān xiá yán

angina

咽炎

yān yán

pharyngitis

More characters with 口