感冒

gǎnmào

noun HSK 3 #4,304

Meanings

我感冒了。

Wǒ gǎnmào le.

I've caught a cold.

他感冒很严重，不能来上班。

Tā gǎnmào hěn yánzhòng, bù néng lái shàngbān.

His cold is very bad; he can't come to work.

多喝水，感冒会好得快。

Duō hē shuǐ, gǎnmào huì hǎo de kuài.

Drink more water and the cold will get better faster.

usage

In China, the universal advice for any illness is 多喝热水 (drink more hot water). You'll hear this constantly if you say 我感冒了.

usage

感冒 is both noun and verb. 我感冒了 (I caught a cold) uses it as a verb. 你的感冒好了吗？ (Has your cold gotten better?) uses it as a noun.

感 gǎn

冒 mào