SWALLOW    吞下咽

DISPLACE FOOD FROM the MOUTH TOWARDS the STOMACH.
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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 ／
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.
Hypernym
  • DISPLACE　CAUSE to MOVE. (anc: 11/0, child: 28)
  • MOVE　CHANGE PLACE OR SITUATION. (anc: 10/0, child: 21)
  • CHANGE　EVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2. (anc: 9/0, child: 18)

Words (7 items)

吞  tūn OC: lʰɯɯn MC: thən 22 Attributions

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 Attributions

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 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vtoN[GET DOWN>] get down one's throat, swallow
吞齧  tūn niè MC: thon nget OC: lʰɯɯn ŋɡeed 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNdevourDS
取吞  qǔ tūn OC: skhoʔ lʰɯɯn MC: tshi̯o thən 1 Attribution
    Syntactic words
  • VPtoNtake and swallow, take and gulp down
食  shí OC: ɢljɯɡ MC: ʑɨk 0 Attributions
    Syntactic words
  • vtoNswallow (also metaphorical in 食言)
呷  xiā OC: qhraab MC: hɣap 0 Attributions

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

    Syntactic words
  • vtoNsuck in and swallow down