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sòu

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sòu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
sòu | sou4
English translation
cough
to gargle; to cough; to clear the throat

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About sòu

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Number of strokes

14

Traditional form

sòu

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of sòu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口欶

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

shuò

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Example sentences using sòu

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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.

咳嗽 késou Néng 清除 qīngchú fèi de 黏液 nián yè .

Coughing clears the lungs of mucus.

还是 háishi Bié páo jǐn le , 咬牙 yǎo yá jiù 咳嗽 késou ,心口 xīn kǒu 辣蒿蒿 de !

If you strain to run fast, you start coughing and feel a constriction in the chest.

hāi sòu jiù zài 喉咙 hóulóng de 鱼刺 yú cì hāi 出来 chū lái le .

The coughing dislodged the fishbone from his throat.

Words with sòu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
咳嗽 késou to cough咳嗽 késou
sòu cough sòu

sòu Decomposition & Compounds

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sòu Decomposition

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