| 咽 | [ yān ] narrow pass, throat, pharynx |
| 咽 | [ yàn ] variant of 嚥|咽[yan4] |
| 咽 | [ yè ] to choke (in crying) |
| 咽喉 | [ yān hoú ] throat |
| 咽峽 | [ yān xiá ] isthmus of the fauces |
| 咽峽炎 | [ yān xiá yán ] angina, sore throat |
| 咽炎 | [ yān yán ] pharyngitis |
| 咽頭 | [ yān toú ] pharynx |
| 咽鼓管 | [ yān gǔ guǎn ] Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽[yan1] to the tympanic cavity 鼓室[gu3 shi4] of the middle ear), auditory tube |
| ⇒ 前咽 | [ qián yān ] prepharynx (biology) |
| ⇒ 哽咽 | [ gěng yè ] to choke with emotion, to choke with sobs |
| ⇒ 喉咽 | [ hoú yān ] laryngopharynx, fig. a key position |
| ⇒ 嗚咽 | [ wū yè ] to sob, to whimper |
| ⇒ 扼襟控咽 | [ è jīn kòng yān ] to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass |
| ⇒ 抽咽 | [ choū yè ] to sob |
| ⇒ 梗咽 | [ gěng yè ] variant of 哽咽[geng3 ye4] |
| ⇒ 耳鼻咽喉 | [ ěr bí yān hoú ] ear nose and throat, otolaryngology |
| ⇒ 鼻咽 | [ bí yān ] nose and throat |
| ⇒ 鼻咽癌 | [ bí yān aí ] cancers of the nose and throat, nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) |