咳嗽 meaning in English

késou

to cough

HSK 7-9verb23 strokes

Meaning of 咳嗽

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

késou
  1. to cough

Measure word: 陣|阵

咳嗽 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

别bié咳ké嗽sòu了le,都dōu要yào听tīng不bú见jiàn电diàn视shì了le。
Stop coughing. I can't hear the TV.
爱ài和hé咳ké嗽sòu是shì无wú法fǎ隐yǐn藏cáng的de。
Love and cough cannot be hidden.
汤tāng姆mǔ咳ké嗽sòu了le一yī下xià然rán后hòu接jiē着zhe讲jiǎng。
Tom cleared his throat and continued to speak.
我wǒ咳ké嗽sòu。
I have a cough.
咳ké嗽sòu的de时shí候hòu会huì痛tòng吗ma?
Does it hurt when you cough?

Stroke order for each character

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咳 ké · cough · 9 strokes

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嗽 sòu · to gargle · 14 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 咳嗽.

止咳zhǐ kéto suppress coughing

Questions about 咳嗽

What does 咳嗽 mean?

咳嗽 (késou) means "to cough" and is used as a verb.

How do you write 咳嗽?

咳嗽 is made of 2 characters: 咳 (9 strokes), 嗽 (14 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.

Is 咳嗽 an HSK word?

Yes. 咳嗽 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.