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7-9

to cough

Composition


Components

Sounds

Pinyin

sou4 sòu

Meaning


Primary

to cough

Alternatives

cough, coughs, coughing, coughed

Mnemonic


[s-] Spongebob is in the [4] bathroom of the [-(o)u] bakery where he keeps on 嗽 coughing, his 口 mouth spitting germs all over. A second later, the head baker comes in with a 束 bundle of 欠 bills that he gives Spongebob, fining him for 嗽 coughing in his bakery bathroom. Spongebob begins to say sorry, but just involuntarily 嗽 coughs instead.

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