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咳

ké
HSK 53 readings

“Sound of sighing” in Chinese is 咳 (ké).

Other characters with the syllable ke: see all 13 →

Meaning

  • sound of sighing
  • (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh
  • damn
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  • wow
  • cough

Example

你咳嗽吗？

Do you have a cough?

From 咳嗽 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

  • kécough
  • hāisound of sighing / (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh / damn / wow

Stroke Order

9 strokes

Words containing 咳

咳嗽késouto coughHSK 7-9止咳zhǐ kéto suppress coughingHSK 7-9

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