Hanziro

All HSK 3.0 Level 7–9 words

咳嗽

késou

In Mandarin Chinese, 咳嗽 (késou) means “to cough”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

Meaning

  1. to cough

Measure word: 阵

Stroke order

Examples

  • 他感冒了,一直咳嗽。
    Tā gǎnmào le, yīzhí késou.
    He caught a cold and kept coughing.

Characters

嗽
sòu
to cough