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- Measure word
- 阵
Stroke order
咳嗽 is written in 23 strokes across 2 characters.

- 咳 — 9 strokes
- 嗽 — 14 strokes
Characters in 咳嗽
- 咳 ké — cough
- 嗽 sòu — (bound form) to cough
Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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 “cough”.