kài

欬

Character · Verb

cough

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Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

verb

to cough

literary

Literary or classical Chinese equivalent of 咳(ké). Used in written or formal contexts.

Chūn春
qiū秋
zhàn战
guó国
shí时
qí期
 ，
kài欬
sòu嗽
bèi被
shì视
wéi为
fèi肺
jí疾
zhī之
zhào兆
 。

During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, coughing was regarded as a sign of lung disease.

Qí其
shēng声
kài欬
kài欬
 ，
sì似
yǒu有
suǒ所
kǔ苦
 。

His voice coughed repeatedly, as if he were suffering from something.