风寒

風寒

fēnghán

noun #80,201

Meanings

1 wind-cold
2 common cold (from wind and cold)
3 chill

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

风寒感冒和风热感冒症状不同。

Fēnghán gǎnmào hé fēngrè gǎnmào zhèngzhuàng bùtóng.

Wind-cold colds and wind-heat colds have different symptoms.

HSK 7-9

他得了风寒，喝了姜汤就去睡了。

Tā déle fēnghán, hē le jiāngtāng jiù qù shuì le.

He caught a wind-cold, drank some ginger soup, and went to bed.

Tips

culture

In TCM, colds split into two types: 风寒 (wind-cold - clear nasal discharge, chills, no sweat, treat with warming herbs like 生姜 ginger) and 风热 (wind-heat - sore throat, yellow phlegm, treat with cooling herbs like 金银花). Walk into any Chinese pharmacy with a cold and this is the first question you'll get.

Stroke Order

风 fēng

寒 hán