下咽

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 下咽 – see 下嚥 (“to swallow”). (This term is the simplified and variant traditional form of 下嚥).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Etymology 2

		under; next; lower under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter	to swallow; to choke (in crying); narrow pass to swallow; to choke (in crying); narrow pass; throat
simp. and trad. (下咽)		下	咽
anagram		咽下

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiàyān

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): haa⁶ jin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiàyān
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siàyan
    • Wade–Giles: hsia⁴-yen¹
    • Yale: syà-yān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiahian
    • Palladius: сяянь (sjajanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ä⁵¹ jɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: haa⁶ jin¹
    • Yale: hah yīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: haa⁶ jin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ha⁶ yin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /haː²² jiːn⁵⁵/

Noun

下咽

1. (anatomy) hypopharynx

Derived terms

• 下咽癌