咳嗽

Chinese

cough; sound of sighing cough
simp. and trad.
(咳嗽)
alternative forms 加嗽 Hokkien
膠嗽胶嗽 Teochew
咁嗽 Leizhou Min

Pronunciation


Verb

咳嗽

  1. (intransitive) to cough
    咳嗽聲音 [MSC, trad.]
    咳嗽声音 [MSC, simp.]
    késòu de shēngyīn hěn dà, xià le wǒ yī tiào. [Pinyin]
    Her huge cough startled me.
  2. (Classical, figurative) to make a sound; to speak

Synonyms

  • (to cough):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
がい
Hyōgaiji
そう
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いそー [gàísóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɡa̠iso̞ː]

Noun

(がい)(そう) • (gaisō) がいそう (gaisou)?

  1. (medicine, formal) cough; coughing
    Synonym: せき (seki)

Verb

(がい)(そう)する • (gaisō suru) がいそう (gaisou)?suru (stem (がい)(そう) (gaisō shi), past (がい)(そう)した (gaisō shita))

  1. (medicine, formal) to cough

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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