The Chinese word for to cough is
咳嗽
Chinese Definition
| cough | |
| 1. 咳 | |
| 2. 咳嗽 | |
| 3. 咳嗽病 | |
| 4. 嗽 | |
| Components | |
| 咳 | |
| 1. to cough | |
| 咳 到 好 辛苦 - painfully cough | |
| 咳 出 一 口 血xiě 來 - to cough up a mouthful of blood | |
| 2. cough | |
| 3. sound of sighing | |
| 4. (of infant) to laugh; to cackle | |
| 5. Alternative form of 孩 (child; infant) | |
| 6. (interjection for sighing or order) | |
| 7. Alternative form of 閡 (to be cut off from) | |
| 嗽 | |
| 1. to cough |
Translations for 嗽 and their definitions
| 咳嗽 | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) to cough | |
| 她 咳嗽 的 聲音 很 大，嚇 了 我 一 跳。 - Her huge cough startled me. | |
| 2. v. (Classical, figurative) to make a sound; to speak |
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