Word and Radical Components of 咳嗽

The Chinese word 咳嗽 is analysed below into its constituent words and the words into radicals. By seeing the breakdown of the word in this way you can more easily learn and recognise the word.

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
咳嗽	késou, késòu	1. v. (intransitive) to cough
		她咳嗽的聲音很大，嚇了我一跳。 - Her huge cough startled me.
		2. v. (Classical, figurative) to make a sound; to speak

咳嗽 ⇨ 咳 + 嗽

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
咳	ké, kài	1. to cough
		咳到好辛苦 - painfully cough
		咳出一口血xiě 來 - to cough up a mouthful of blood
		2. cough
	hāi	3. sound of sighing
	hái	4. (of infant) to laugh; to cackle
		5. Alternative form of 孩 (child; infant)
		6. (interjection for sighing or order)
		7. Alternative form of 閡 (to be cut off from)
嗽	sòu, shù, sù	1. to cough

咳 ⇨ 口 + 亥

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
口	kǒu	1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity
		漱漱你的口。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out.
		這話出自你的口，聽來令人奇怪。 (Zhè huà chūzì nǐ de kǒu, tīnglái lìngrén qíguài.) - This sounds strange in your mouth.
		2. entrance; opening; mouth (of an object)
		入口 (rùkǒu) - entrance
		出口 (chūkǒu) - exit
		門口 (ménkǒu) - doorway
		3. gateway
		張家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu) - Zhangjiakou
		口北 (Kǒuběi) - the area beyond the Great Wall
		口蘑 (kǒumó) - St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa)
		4. hole; cut
		口子zi (kǒuzi) - hole
		傷口 (shāngkǒu) - wound
		5. port
		電腦端口 (shāngkǒu) - computer port
		Csēi口 (sēikǒu) - USB-C port
		6. perimeter
		人口 (rénkǒu) - population
		戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou
		7. government organ; department
		三口之家 (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three
		我可以吃一口嗎？ (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite?
		8. (neologism, slang) to fellate
		9. Variant of 名
亥	hài	1. (obsolete) grass root
		2. twelfth of twelve earthly branches (十二支)
		3. pig (豬) of the Chinese zodiac

嗽 ⇨ 口 + 欶

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
口	kǒu	1. (anatomy) mouth, especially the lips and internal mouth cavity
		漱漱你的口。 (Shù shù nǐ de kǒu.) - Rinse your mouth out.
		這話出自你的口，聽來令人奇怪。 (Zhè huà chūzì nǐ de kǒu, tīnglái lìngrén qíguài.) - This sounds strange in your mouth.
		2. entrance; opening; mouth (of an object)
		入口 (rùkǒu) - entrance
		出口 (chūkǒu) - exit
		門口 (ménkǒu) - doorway
		3. gateway
		張家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu) - Zhangjiakou
		口北 (Kǒuběi) - the area beyond the Great Wall
		口蘑 (kǒumó) - St. George's mushroom (Calocybe gambosa)
		4. hole; cut
		口子zi (kǒuzi) - hole
		傷口 (shāngkǒu) - wound
		5. port
		電腦端口 (shāngkǒu) - computer port
		Csēi口 (sēikǒu) - USB-C port
		6. perimeter
		人口 (rénkǒu) - population
		戶口 (hùkǒu) - hukou
		7. government organ; department
		三口之家 (sān kǒu zhī jiā) - a family of three
		我可以吃一口嗎？ (Wǒ kěyǐ chī yī kǒu ma?) - Can I have a bite?
		8. (neologism, slang) to fellate
		9. Variant of 名
欶	shuò, sòu	1. to suck in
欶		2. inhale

亥 ⇨ 亠 + + 丿 + 人

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
亠	tóu	1. lid
亠		2. couvercle (Kangxi radical)
		1.
丿	piě	1. slash
	yì	2. left-falling stroke, usually read as 撇
		3. to arrive
人	rén	1. man; person; people
		人類 (rénlèi) - humans
		那人是誰？ (Nà rén shì shéi?) - Who is that person?
		嗰個人jan4-2 係邊個嚟㗎？ - Who is that person?
		有人敲門了。 (Yǒurén qiāomén le.) - Someone knocked on the door.
		2. a person associated with a particular identity or trait; -er
		主持人 (zhǔchírén) - host
		北京人 (Běijīngrén) - Beijinger
		香港人 - Hongkonger
		3. body
		人在心不在 (rén zài xīn bù zài) - the body is here but the heart is not
		這兩天人不大舒服。 (Zhè liǎng tiān rén bùdà shūfú.) - I lit. the body haven't been feeling that well these few days.
		今天上午你人在哪？ (Jīntiān shàngwǔ nǐ rén zài nǎ?) - Where have you been this morning?
		4. everybody; everyone
		人手.一冊 (rénshǒu yīcè) - It's a bestseller. (lit. Everyone has a copy.)
		人所共知 (rénsuǒgòngzhī) - common knowledge
		5. other people; others
		人云.亦云 (rényún yìyún) - to follow the crowd (lit. to say what others say)
		害人害己 (hàirénhàijǐ) - to harm others and onself
		6. physical, psychological or moral quality or condition; character; personality
		就我所知，他人不錯。 (Jiùwǒsuǒzhī, tā rén bùcuò.) - As far as I know, he is kind (lit. his personality is not bad).
		我不知道他是什麼人。 (Wǒ bù zhīdào tā shì shénme rén.) - I don't know what kind of person he is.
		佢到底係咩人嚟㗎？ - Exactly what kind of person is he?
		7. manpower; worker; employee
		我們公司正缺人。 (Wǒmen gōngsī zhèng quē rén.) - Our company is short on manpower right now.
		8. talent; person of talent
		9. (obsolete) common people; commoner
		10. adult; grown-up
		長zhǎng大成人 (zhǎngdà chéng'rén) - to grow up to be an adult
		11. (Cantonese) (used as a dummy pronoun); someone; others
		12. (Zhao'an Hakka) pluralizes a personal pronoun
		?人、你人、佢人 (ngài ngìn, ngì ngìn, kì ngìn) - we, you all, they
		13. (obsolete) sexual intercourse
		人道 (réndào) - sexual intercourse
		人事 (rénshì) - sexual intercourse
		14. (obsolete) company; companion; friend
		15. artificial; man-made
		人禍 (rénhuò) - human disaster
		16. (obsolete) human affairs; ways of the world
		17. (obsolete) mortal world; earthly word
		18. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (kernel, tr=rén)
		19. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (charity, tr=rén)
		20. (obsolete) Alternative form of sc=Hani, 仁 (loving; kind, tr=rén)
		21. (Beijing) Lenition of rénjia.
		別磨蹭ceng 啦，人在zǎi 外頭tou 等著着zhe 我們呢！ (Bié móceng la, rén zǎi wàitou děng zhe wǒmen ne!) - Stop dilly-dallying. He/She/They is/are waiting for us outside!, M-UIB
		哎呀，人孩子zi 考上shang 哈佛大學啦，多出息xi 呀！ (Āiya, rén háizi kǎoshang Hāfó Dàxué la, duō chūxi ya!) - Geez, his/her/their kid got into Harvard University. How promising!, M-UIB
		人別人ren 都不吱zī聲sheng兒r，就他把這zhèi 事兒r 給說出chu來lai 了。 - , M-UIB, Rén biéren dōu bù zīshengr, jiù tā bǎ zhèi shìr gěi shuō chulai le.
		22. (Taishanese) paternal grandmother

欶 ⇨ 束 + 欠

Component	Pinyin	Meanings
束	shù, sùeijing dialect	1. to bind; to tie up
		束縛 - to bind; to tie up
		2. (now, in compounds) to control; to restrain
		拘束 - restraint; inhibited; constraint
		3. (now, in compounds) end
		結束 - end
		4. bunch; bundle; bale
		光束 - light beam
		5. (geometry) pencil (family of geometric objects with a common property)
		平面-束 - pencil of planes
		一束玫瑰 - a bouquet of roses
欠	qiàn	1. to yawn
		2. to lack; to be deficient
		3. to owe
		4. to ask for; to beg for
		欠揍 - asking for a beating
		5. (Wuhan) to miss somebody