感冒

Chinese

 
to feel; to move; to touch
to feel; to move; to touch; to affect
 
to cover; to emit; to manifest
to cover; to emit; to manifest; to risk; bold; brave
trad. (感冒)
simp. #(感冒)

Etymology

Attested since the Song dynasty.

(mào) probably refers to “to emit; to manifest”, with 感冒 literally meaning “affected [by the wind] and [the symptoms have] manifested”.

Pronunciation


Noun

感冒

  1. (pathology) cold (common viral illness); common cold
    細菌性感冒细菌性感冒   xìjūnxìng gǎnmào   bacterial cold
    病毒性感冒   bìngdúxìng gǎnmào   viral cold
  2. (informal) influenza
  3. (literary, historical) pretext for requesting leave of absence used by officials in the Qing dynasty

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 傷風感冒伤风感冒
  • 普通感冒 (pǔtōng gǎnmào)
  • 流行性感冒 (liúxíngxìng gǎnmào)
  • 風寒感冒风寒感冒
  • 風熱感冒风热感冒

Verb

感冒

  1. to catch a cold
  2. (literary) to sense; to feel
  3. (Mainland China, figurative, colloquial, often in the negative) to fancy; to be interested in
  4. (Taiwan, figurative, colloquial) to loathe; to hate

Synonyms

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 3
ぼう
Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) んぼー [kàńbóó] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [kã̠mbo̞ː]

Noun

(かん)(ぼう) • (kanbō) 

  1. a cold

Synonyms

References

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