咳
In Mandarin Chinese, 咳 (ké) means “to cough; cough”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.
Meaning
- to cough
- cough
Other readings: hāi — sound of sighing; damn
Stroke order
Examples
- 他昨天晚上咳了一夜。He coughed all night last night.