SWALLOW  吞下咽

DISPLACE FOOD FROM the MOUTH TOWARDS the STOMACH.
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Hypernym
  • DISPLACECAUSE to MOVE.
    • MOVECHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION.
      • CHANGEEVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2.
        • EVENTREALITY that ARISES in TIME....
See also
  • BREATHEDISPLACE AIR so as to FILL the LUNGS with AIR AND THEN CAUSE the LUNGS TO BECOME EMPTY of that AIR in order to SURVIVE.
    • SUCKSEEM to DRINK by CAUSING to ENTER ONE'S MOUTH by BREATHING IN.
      Old Chinese Criteria
      1. The most general word is yàn 嚥 / 咽 which refers to any act of swallowing, fast or slow, eager or relaxed.

      2. Tūn 吞 (ant. tǔ 吐 "gulp up") is to gulp down eagerly, typically in large chunks.

      3. Xiá 呷 is a very rare word apparently referring to sucking and swallowing.

      Modern Chinese Criteria
      咽

      噲

      吞

      吞下

      吞食

      吞服

      rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

        Words

        吞  tūn OC: lʰɯɯn MC: thən 22 AttributionsWD

        Tūn 吞 (ant. tǔ 吐 "gulp up") is to gulp down eagerly, typically in large chunks.

          Word relations
        • Contrast: 咽 / 嚥/SWALLOW The most general word is yàn 嚥/咽 which refers to any act of swallowing, fast or slow, eager or relaxed.

          Syntactic words
        • vt(oN)swallow the contextually determinate N
        • vtoNgulp down (of liquids); swallow (food, or even a pearl); be large enough to be able to swallow
        咽  yàn OC: qiins MC: ʔen
        嚥  yàn OC: qeens MC: ʔen 3 AttributionsWD

        The most general word is yàn 嚥/咽 which refers to any act of swallowing, fast or slow, eager or relaxed.

          Word relations
        • Contrast: 吞/SWALLOW Tūn 吞 (ant. tǔ 吐 "gulp up") is to gulp down eagerly, typically in large chunks.

          Syntactic words
        • viactswallow
        • vtoNswallow downNote that yàn 嚥 is a late graph used only for the verbal yàn 咽 "swallow" and not for the nominal yān 咽 "top of the throat".
        下  xià OC: ɢraas MC: ɦɣɛ 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoN[GET DOWN>] get down one's throat, swallow
        取吞  qǔ tūn OC: skhoʔ lʰɯɯn MC: tshi̯o thən 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • VPtoNtake and swallow, take and gulp down
        吞齧  tūn niè MC: thon nget OC: lʰɯɯn ŋɡeedDS 1 AttributionWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNdevourDS
        呷  xiā OC: qhraab MC: hɣap 0 AttributionsWD

        Xiá 呷 is a very rare word apparently referring to sucking and swallowing.

          Syntactic words
        • vtoNsuck in and swallow down
        食  shí OC: ɢljɯɡ MC: ʑɨk 0 AttributionsWD
          Syntactic words
        • vtoNswallow (also metaphorical in 食言)

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