咽

• 병음: yàn
• 한자 분석: 咽 = 口 (mouth) + 因 (enclosed/compressed — denoting the constricted passage of the throat)

뜻

삼키다; (감정·말을) 억누르다

The pronunciation yàn is used for the act of swallowing (咽下, 咽口水). Note: same character read yān means throat (咽喉), and yè means to choke/sob (哽咽). In formal and medical contexts 吞咽 is preferred. Figurative use: 把委屈咽下去 (swallow one's grievances).

예문

1. 手术后她的咽喉部位出现了严重水肿，导致吞咽困难，医生不得不通过鼻饲管为她提供营养。
2. 他强忍着眼眶里打转的泪水，硬生生地将所有的委屈和不甘都咽了下去，转身走出了那扇沉重的铁门。
3. 长期焦虑的人往往会频繁做出咽口水的动作，这是交感神经系统持续激活所引发的一种典型的生理反应。

사용 가이드

맥락: medicine, everyday speech, literature, physiology

어조: neutral

올바른 표현

• 老人因脑梗后遗症导致吞咽功能严重受损，每次进食都需要由护理人员全程辅助，以防食物误入气管引发窒息。(The elderly person's swallowing function was severely impaired as a result of post-stroke complications; every meal required full assistance from a carer to prevent food from entering the trachea and causing choking.)
• 他把那句话咽了回去，意识到在这个时候说出来只会让局面更加难以收拾，不如等待一个更合适的时机。(He swallowed those words back, realising that saying them at this moment would only make the situation harder to manage — better to wait for a more appropriate moment.)

피해야 할 표현

• 她咽了食物进入胃里 — restructure as 她把食物咽下，送入胃中 or simply 她把食物咽了下去; the original phrasing is redundant and grammatically awkward

기원과 역사

口 (mouth) + 因 (because/causation — 囗 enclosure + 大 large — something enclosed and compressed, suggesting the constricted throat channel)

문화적 배경

시대: Modern

세대: All ages

사회적 배경: Universal