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咳嗽

ké sou

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Measure word 阵

咳嗽 (ké sou) means "to cough". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 咳嗽 means

1. to cough

The characters in 咳嗽

• 咳kécough
• 嗽sòu(bound form) to cough

Example sentences

• 我咳嗽。
  I have a cough.
• 你咳嗽吗？
  Do you have any coughing?
• 汤姆又在咳嗽了。
  Tāngmǔ yòu zài késou le.
  Tom is coughing again.
• 咳嗽什幺帮好起来？
  What helps cure a cough?
• 咳嗽的时候会痛吗？
  Does it hurt when you cough?
• 我咳嗽，还有点发烧。
  I have a cough and a little fever.

Where 咳嗽 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Health & body (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read ké sou correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.