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咳
ké
1. cough
Common • Top 6% ✏️ 9 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

咳
hāi
to cough
HSK 4 9 丶

Compound Words (8)

镇咳
zhènké
cough suppressant
咳呛
kéqiàng
(dialect) to cough
咳嗽
késou
to cough
HSK 4
咳痰
kétán
to cough up phlegm
止咳
zhǐké
to suppress coughing
百日咳
bǎirìké
whooping cough
北京咳
Běijīngké
"Beijing cough", respiratory problems caused by dry and polluted Beijing air, typically experienced by non-acclimated foreigners who would otherwise have no such problems
止咳糖浆
zhǐkétángjiāng
cough suppressant syrup

Alternate Entries

咳
hāi
sound of sighing

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
2,372
Word Frequency Rank
5,440 of 84,292