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CHINESE CHARACTER

hāi

咳

咳

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cough

Numbered pinyin
hai1
English meanings
sound of sighing, cough

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 口; right 亥.

Meaning & sound clues

口 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “mouth”.

亥 is identified as the sound component (hài). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 咳.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰口亥

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    tā他hāi咳le了yī一shēng声。

    He coughed.

  2. 02

    yīzhí一直hāi咳。

    Kept coughing.

  3. 03

    hāi咳chū出tán痰。

    Cough up phlegm.

  4. 04

    bié别dàshēng大声hāi咳。

    Don't cough loudly.

  5. 05

    gǎnmào感冒késou咳嗽。

    Cold and cough.

  6. 06

    hē喝shuǐ水zhǐké止咳。

    Drink water to stop the cough.

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