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Chinese
cough; sound of sighing
cough
simp. and trad. (咳嗽 )
咳
嗽
alternative forms
加嗽 Hokkien 膠嗽 / 胶嗽 Teochew 咁嗽 Leizhou Min
Pronunciation
Mandarin
(Standard )
(Pinyin ) : késou , késòu
(Zhuyin ) : ㄎㄜˊ ˙ㄙㄡ, ㄎㄜˊ ㄙㄡˋ
(Chengdu , Sichuanese Pinyin ) : ke2 sou4
Cantonese
(Guangzhou –Hong Kong , Jyutping ) : kat1 sau3
(Taishan , Wiktionary ) : kat2 lheu1
Gan (Wiktionary ) : kiet6 seu4
Hakka
(Sixian , PFS ) : khiet-chhu̍k
(Meixian , Guangdong ) : kêd5 sêu4
Jin (Wiktionary ) : kah4 sou3
Northern Min (KCR ) : kă̤-se̿
Southern Min
(Hokkien , POJ ) : ka-sàu / hâi-sàu / khâm-sàu
(Teochew , Peng'im ) : ga1 sao3 / hai6 sao3
(Leizhou , Leizhou Pinyin ) : ga1 sao3
Wu (Northern , Wugniu ) : 7 kheq-seu5 / 7 khoq-seu5 / 7 kheq-soe5 / 7 khoq-soe5
Xiang (Changsha , Wiktionary ) : ke6 sou4
Verb
咳嗽
( intransitive ) to cough
她 咳嗽 的 聲音 很 大 ,嚇 了 我 一 跳 。 [MSC , trad. ] 她 咳嗽 的 声音 很 大 ,吓 了 我 一 跳 。 [MSC , simp. ] Tā késòu de shēngyīn hěn dà, xià le wǒ yī tiào. Her huge cough startled me.
( Classical , figurative ) to make a sound ; to speak
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
咳嗽 (“to cough”)
Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
嗽 , 欬
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
咳嗽
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
咳嗽
Taiwan
咳嗽
Ulanhot
咳嗽
Tongliao
咳嗽
Chifeng
咳嗽
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
咳嗽
Harbin
咳嗽
Shenyang
咳嗽
Singapore
咳嗽
Jilu Mandarin
Jinan
咳嗽
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Yantai (Muping)
咳嗽
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
咳嗽
Wanrong
咳嗽
Zhengzhou
咳嗽
Xi'an
咳嗽
Xining
咳嗽
Xuzhou
咳嗽
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
咳嗽
Bayanhot
咳嗽
Lanzhou
咳嗽 , 咳
Ürümqi
咳嗽
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
咳嗽
Wuhan
咳 , 咯
Guiyang
咳嗽
Kunming
咳嗽
Liuzhou
咳嗽
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
咳嗽
Yangzhou
咳 , 咳嗽
Hefei
咳嗽
Huanggang
咳
Cantonese
Guangzhou
咳
Hong Kong
咳
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
咳嗽
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
咳嗽
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
咳
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
咳
Macau
咳
Guangzhou (Panyu)
咳
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
瘕
Guangzhou (Conghua)
咳
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
咳
Foshan
咳
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
咳
Foshan (Shunde)
咳
Foshan (Sanshui)
咳
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
咳
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
咳
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
咳
Zhuhai (Doumen)
咳
Jiangmen (Baisha)
咳
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
咳
Taishan
嗽
Kaiping (Chikan)
嗽
Enping (Niujiang)
咳 , 嗽
Heshan (Yayao)
咳
Dongguan
咳
Shaoguan
咳 , 咳嗽
Yunfu
咳瘕
Yangjiang
嗽 , 咳嗽
Xinyi
咳
Lianjiang
咳
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
咳
Singapore (Guangfu)
咳嗽
Gan
Nanchang
咳 , 咳嗽
Hakka
Meixian
咳嗽
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
咳嗽
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
咳
Yudu
咳
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
嗽 , 咳嗽
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
嗽 , 咳嗽
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
嗽 , 咳嗽
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
嗽 , 咳嗽
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
咳 , 咳嗽
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
嗽 , 咳嗽
Hong Kong
咳
Senai (Huiyang)
咳
Huizhou
Jixi
咳嗽 , 咳 , 嗽
Jin
Taiyuan
咳嗽
Xinzhou
咳嗽
Taibus (Baochang)
咳嗽
Linhe
咳嗽
Jining
咳嗽
Hohhot
咳嗽
Baotou
咳嗽
Dongsheng
咳嗽
Haibowan
咳嗽
Northern Min
Jian'ou
咳嗽
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
嗽 , 空嗽
Fuzhou (Changle)
空嗽
Fuqing
嗽
Yongtai
空嗽
Gutian
嗽
Fu'an
嗽
Ningde
嗽
Shouning
嗽
Zhouning
嗽
Fuding
嗽
Southern Min
Xiamen
咁嗽 , 咳嗽 , 嗽
Quanzhou
咁嗽
Zhangzhou
咁嗽 , 咳嗽
Yilan
嗽 , 咳嗽
Penang (Hokkien)
嗽 , 咳嗽 , 峇啅
Singapore (Hokkien)
咳嗽 , 嗽
Manila (Hokkien)
嗽
Chaozhou
咳嗽
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
咳嗽
Singapore (Teochew)
咳嗽
Leizhou
咳嗽
Haikou
咳嗽
Singapore (Hainanese)
咳嗽
Puxian Min
Putian
瘕咆
Xianyou
瘕咆
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
咳
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
咳
Wu
Shanghai
咳嗽
Shanghai (Chongming)
咳嗽
Suzhou
咳嗽 , 咳
Wuxi
咳嗽
Danyang
咳嗽
Hangzhou
嗆 , 咳嗽
Hangzhou (Yuhang)
嗆 , 咳嗽
Ningbo
嗆 , 嗽 , 咳嗽
Wenzhou
嗽 , 咳嗽
Jinhua
咳嗽 , 咳
Jinhua (Tangxi)
嗽
Xiang
Changsha
咳嗽 , 咳
Loudi
𠻞
Shuangfeng
𠻞
Japanese
Pronunciation
Noun
咳( がい ) 嗽( そう ) • (gaisō ) ←がいそう ( gaisou ) ?
( medicine , formal ) cough ; coughing
Synonym: せき ( seki )
Verb
咳( がい ) 嗽( そう ) する • (gaisō suru ) ←がいそう ( gaisou ) ? suru (stem 咳( がい ) 嗽( そう ) し ( gaisō shi ) , past 咳( がい ) 嗽( そう ) した ( gaisō shita ) )
( medicine , formal ) to cough
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")
咳嗽し
がいそうし
gaisō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
咳嗽し
がいそうし
gaisō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")
咳嗽する
がいそうする
gaisō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")
咳嗽する
がいそうする
gaisō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")
咳嗽すれ
がいそうすれ
gaisō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")
咳嗽せよ¹ 咳嗽しろ²
がいそうせよ¹ がいそうしろ²
gaisō seyo¹ gaisō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive
咳嗽される
がいそうされる
gaisō sareru
Causative
咳嗽させる 咳嗽さす
がいそうさせる がいそうさす
gaisō saseru gaisō sasu
Potential
咳嗽できる
がいそうできる
gaisō dekiru
Volitional
咳嗽しよう
がいそうしよう
gaisō shiyō
Negative
咳嗽しない
がいそうしない
gaisō shinai
Negative continuative
咳嗽せず
がいそうせず
gaisō sezu
Formal
咳嗽します
がいそうします
gaisō shimasu
Perfective
咳嗽した
がいそうした
gaisō shita
Conjunctive
咳嗽して
がいそうして
gaisō shite
Hypothetical conditional
咳嗽すれば
がいそうすれば
gaisō sureba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
References