HSK 3 · Body

感冒 gǎnmào “catch cold” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 感冒 means

  1. catch cold
  2. common cold
  3. (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative)
  4. can’t stand

Measure word 场 cháng or 次 cì · 一场感冒 yì cháng gǎnmào

How to say 感冒

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale感gǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale冒mào4th tone, falling

感冒 in a sentence

  1. 他很容易感冒。

    Tā hěn róngyì gǎnmào.

    He catches colds easily.

    Sentence #826143 from Tatoeba

  2. 小心不要感冒了。

    Xiǎoxīn búyào gǎnmào le.

    Be careful not to catch a cold.

    Sentence #873211 from Tatoeba

  3. 我感冒了还发烧。

    Wǒ gǎnmào le hái fāshāo.

    I’ve caught a cold and I’ve got a fever too.

    Sentence #940810 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 感冒 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 感 (gǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
感gǎnto feel
  • 咸all · xián
  • 心heart · xīn

Memory aidHeart 心 with 咸 (xián) for the sound: to feel.

The character 冒 (mào) with each of its parts in a different colour
冒màoto emit; to give off; to send out
  • 日sun · rì
  • 目eye · mùMeaning part

How to write 感冒

感 13 strokes · 冒 9 strokes

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感冒 (gǎnmào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 感冒 (gǎnmào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 感冒

Words with 感

感到gǎndào · to feel感兴趣gǎn xìngqù · be interested in感gǎn · (suffix) sense of …感觉gǎnjué · feeling感谢gǎnxiè · (express) thanks感动gǎndòng · to be moved感情gǎnqíng · emotion感受gǎnshòu · to feel感想gǎnxiǎng · impressions感激gǎnjī · to be grateful

Words with 冒

冒险màoxiǎn · to take risks冒犯màofàn · to offend冒充màochōng · to pass oneself off as

More words: People, Body & Health

鼻子bízi · nose锻炼duànliàn · to exercise耳朵ěrduo · ear发烧fāshāo · have a fever个子gèzi · height健康jiànkāng · health脚jiǎo · foot body part口kǒu · mouth

FAQs

感冒 (gǎnmào) means “catch cold” or “common cold”. It is an HSK 3 word.
Say it gǎnmào: gǎn with a 3rd tone, then mào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 感冒 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 场 (cháng) or 次 (cì). For example, one catch cold is 一场感冒 (yì cháng gǎnmào).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type ganmao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 感冒 from the suggestions. Typing ganmao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
感冒 is an HSK 3 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.