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咳嗽

cough

Character Composition

Characters

Pinyin

ke2sou5 • késou

Alternative Pinyin

ke2sou4 • késòu

Meaning

Primary

cough

Alternatives

coughs, coughing, coughed

Mnemonic

Both characters have the same meaning as the word: 咳嗽 cough. Sometimes when you 咳嗽 cough, the first one is loud, and the second one is [5] quiet. COUGH cough. Like that.

Usage

咳嗽 不止

cough incessantly

他 一直 在 咳嗽。

He's always coughing.