咳

hāi · hai/ké · ke

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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hāi 咳

  1. sound of sighing
  2. (interjection expressing surprise, sorrow, regret, disappointment etc) oh
  3. damn
  4. wow

ké 咳

  1. cough

In a sentence

2 examples
01

他(tā)感(gǎn)冒(mào)了(le),整(zhěng)天(tiān)咳(ké)个(gè)不(bù)停(tíng)。

He caught a cold and coughed all day long.

02

咳(hāi),这(zhè)件(jiàn)事(shì)真(zhēn)让(ràng)人(rén)失(shī)望(wàng)。

Oh, this really is disappointing.

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