百日咳

bǎirìké
noun #36,191

Meanings

  1. 1 whooping cough
  2. 2 pertussis

Examples

HSK 4
Zhè zhǒng késou búshì bǎirìké, shì pǔtōng gǎnmào.
This cough isn't whooping cough - it's just a regular cold.
HSK 7-9
Yīng'ér yīnggāi ànshí jiēzhòng bǎirìké yìmiáo.
Babies should receive the whooping cough vaccine on schedule.

Tips

memory
Literally 'hundred-day cough' - the disease is famous for its long duration (the Chinese name and the older English '100-day cough' agree). here is read ké (cough), not the literary ài (sigh).

Stroke Order

bǎi