Usage of the character 咽

to swallow

yān

咽

[咽]

throat; pharynx
narrow pass

yàn

咽

[咽]

variant of 嚥／咽 (yàn)

yè

咽

[咽]

to choke (in crying)

yāntóu

咽头

[咽頭]

pharynx

hóuyān

喉咽

[喉咽]

laryngopharynx
fig. a key position

yànxià

咽下

[嚥下]

to swallow

yànzhù

咽住

[嚥住]

to suppress (a sob, harsh words etc)

tūnyàn

吞咽

[吞嚥]

to swallow
to gulp

qiányān

前咽

[前咽]

prepharynx (biology)

gěngyè

哽咽

[哽咽]

to choke with emotion
to choke with sobs

yānxiá

咽峡

[咽峽]

isthmus of the fauces

yānyán

咽炎

[咽炎]

pharyngitis

yānhóu

咽喉

[咽喉]

throat

wūyè

呜咽

[嗚咽]

to sob
to whimper

yànqì

咽气

[嚥氣]

to die
to breathe one's last

gěngyè

梗咽

[梗咽]

variant of 哽咽 (gěngyě)

chōuyè

抽咽

[抽咽]

to sob

bíyān

鼻咽

[鼻咽]

nose and throat

yānxiáyán

咽峡炎

[咽峽炎]

angina
sore throat

bíyān'ái

鼻咽癌

[鼻咽癌]

cancers of the nose and throat
nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)

yāngǔguǎn

咽鼓管

[咽鼓管]

Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽 (yān) to the tympanic cavity 鼓室 (gǔshì) of the middle ear)
auditory tube

xìjiáomànyàn

细嚼慢咽

[細嚼慢嚥]

to eat slowly (idiom)

èjīnkòngyān

扼襟控咽

[扼襟控咽]

to secure a stranglehold (idiom); fig. to hold a strategic pass

yànxiàkùnnán

咽下困难

[嚥下困難]

dysphagia (medicine)

ěrbíyānhóu

耳鼻咽喉

[耳鼻咽喉]

ear nose and throat
otolaryngology

tūnyànkùnnán

吞咽困难

[吞嚥困難]

dysphagia (medicine)

lángtūnhǔyàn

狼吞虎咽

[狼吞虎嚥]

to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously
to gorge oneself

dǎdiàoményá,wǎngdùzilǐyàn

打掉门牙，往肚子里咽

[打掉門牙，往肚子裡嚥]

lit. to swallow one's knocked-out teeth after getting punched in the face (idiom)
fig. to endure bullying or insults stoically