咽住

Traditional form:

嚥住

Pinyin (reading):

yànzhù

Definitions:

• to suppress (a sob, harsh words etc)

Characters:

• 咽 - throat; pharynx
• 住 - to reside, to live at, to dwell, to lodge; to stop

Traditional characters:

• 嚥 - to swallow, to gulp
• 住 - to reside, to live at, to dwell, to lodge; to stop