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咳
ké
What 咳 means
- cough
Other readings
Example sentences
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我咳嗽。I have a cough.
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你咳嗽吗？Do you have any coughing?
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我咳出了血。I coughed up blood.
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你有止咳药吗？Do you have any cough medicine?
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汤姆又在咳嗽了。Tāngmǔ yòu zài késou le.Tom is coughing again.
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咳嗽什幺帮好起来？What helps cure a cough?
Words starting with 咳
- 咳嗽ké souto cough
- 咳血ké xiěto cough up blood
- 咳呛ké qiàng(dialect) to cough
- 咳痰ké tánto cough up phlegm; to expectorate
Words containing 咳
- 干咳gān kéto cough without phlegm; a dry cough
- 止咳zhǐ kéto suppress coughing
- 镇咳zhèn kécough suppressant
- 北京咳Běi jīng ké"Beijing cough", respiratory problems caused by dry and polluted Beijing air, typically…
- 止咳糖浆zhǐ ké táng jiāngcough suppressant syrup; cough mixture
- 百日咳bǎi rì kéwhooping cough; pertussis
Characters built on 亥
These share the phonetic component 亥 (hài), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.
Characters that look like 咳
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 哦éto chant
- 咱zánI or me; we (including both the speaker and the person spoken to)
- 哺bǔto feed
- 咕gū(onomatopoeia) for the sound of a bird, an empty stomach etc
- 唁yànto extend condolences
- 咭jīvariant of 叽
Sounds the same
Read ké, tone for tone, but written differently.
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