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Stroke order
咳嗽 is written in 23 strokes across 2 characters.
- 咳 — 9 strokes
- 嗽 — 14 strokes
Example sentences
- 他感冒了，一直在咳嗽。Tā gǎnmào le, yìzhí zài késou.He caught a cold and has been coughing.
- 医生说咳嗽得厉害就要吃药。Yīshēng shuō késou de lìhai jiù yào chī yào.The doctor said that if the cough is bad you must take medicine.
Related words
咳嗽 is pronounced késou and means “tos”. HSK 4 places it in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the standardised measure of Chinese proficiency. There is a real difference between having seen 咳嗽 and being able to use it, and cramming a list flatters the first while doing little for the second. LexiTrail shows you the word again at the point your recall of it is about to lapse.