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hāi

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hāi Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hāi | hai1
English translation
sound of sighing
to cough
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
ké | ke2
English translation
cough

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About hāi

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

hāi

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of hāi

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口亥

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

hài

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. kǒu represents the meaning and hài represents the sound.

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Example sentences using hāi

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咳嗽 késou 差不多 chàbuduō hǎo le , 可以 kěyǐ dòng de , chī de ?

Cough is about the same good, can drink aspic, eat hot?

zhèn hāi 嗽咳 le 一根血管 xuè guǎn .

He burst a blood - vessel in a fit of coughing.

小孩子 xiǎo hái zi huì de 百日 hāi ?

Dot how the whooping cough of the meeting?

咳嗽 késou Néng 清除 qīngchú fèi de 黏液 nián yè .

Coughing clears the lungs of mucus.

nán 管家 guǎn jiā 轻轻 qīng qīng hāi le 一下 yīxià ,示意 shìyì dào cháng .

The butler gave a little cough to announce his presence.

Words with hāi

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
咳嗽 késou to cough咳嗽 késou
hāi sound of sighing hāi
止咳 zhǐ ké to suppress coughing止咳 zhǐ ké
百日咳 bǎi rì ké whooping cough百日咳 bǎi rì ké
咳痰 ké tán to cough up phlegm咳痰 ké tán
咳呛 ké qiàng (dialect) to cough咳嗆

hāi Decomposition & Compounds

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hāi Decomposition

See the 4 Chinese characters that make up hāi and their own compounds.

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