entries → 咳嗽
TSUMUGU · TOCFL 4 (est.) · 詞
咳嗽 word · TOCFL 4 (est.)
咳嗽 =
ㄎㄜˊ ㄙㄡˋ · késòu
verb/noun — to cough; a cough

字源 FORM — what the parts do

to cough (咳嗽)a mouth 口; 亥 hài lends the sound, shifted to ké
to cough (咳嗽)sòua mouth 口 sucking breath past a bundle 束; 欶 sù lends the sound
咳嗽,咳嗽的咳,咳嗽的嗽。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

喉嚨一癢,兩張嘴(口、口)都迸出聲來。
The throat catches, and both mouths (口, 口) bark it out.
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