感冒

gǎn mào · gan mao

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to catch cold
  2. (common) cold
  3. CL:場 / 场 (cháng),次 (cì)
  4. (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative)
  5. (Tw) to detest
  6. can't stand

In a sentence

2 examples
01

睡(shuì)觉(jiào)前(qián)我(wǒ)吃(chī)了(le)三(sān)片(piàn)药(yào)来(lái)治(zhì)疗(liáo)感(gǎn)冒(mào)。

Before going to bed, I took three pills to stop a cold.

Tatoeba: Chinese by wzhd · English by monahxo · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)没(méi)有(yǒu)拜(bài)访(fǎng)他(tā),因(yīn)为(wèi)我(wǒ)感(gǎn)冒(mào)了(le)。

I didn't call on him because I had a cold.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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