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咳嗽

to cough

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

ke2sou5 • késou

Alternative Pinyin

ke2sou4 • késòu

Meaning

Primary

to cough

Alternatives

cough, coughs, coughing, coughed

Mnemonic

Sometimes when you 咳嗽 cough, the first 咳 cough is loud, and the second 嗽 cough is [5] quiet. COUGH cough. Like that.

Usage

咳嗽 不止

cough incessantly

他 一直 在 咳嗽。

He's always coughing.