咽鼓管 in English yan1 gu3 guan3 Meaning

Meanings

  • Eustachian tube (linking the pharynx 咽[yan1] to the tympanic cavity 鼓室[gu3 shi4] of the middle ear)
  • auditory tube

Simplified Characters

咽 鼓 管

Traditional Characters

咽 鼓 管

Pinyin

yan1 gu3 guan3

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

咽yan4narrow pass 鼓gu3old variant of 鼓[gu3] 管guan3variant of 管[guan3]