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鼻咽

bí yān

2-character word

What 鼻咽 means

1. nose and throat

The characters in 鼻咽

• 鼻bínose
• 咽yànto swallow

Words starting with 鼻咽

• 鼻咽癌bí yān áicancers of the nose and throat; nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC)

Words containing 鼻咽

• 耳鼻咽喉ěr bí yān hóuear nose and throat; otolaryngology

Sounds the same

Read bí yān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 鼻烟snuff (powdered tobacco for sniffing)

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