感冒

感冒 gǎnmào in a sentence

Catch a cold

Full dictionary entry HSK 3 8 sentences

感冒 (gǎnmào) means Catch a cold. Below are 8 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

天气冷,容易 感冒 。

Tiānqì lěng, róngyì gǎnmào.

It's easy to catch a cold in cold weather.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 感冒

我 感冒 了,头有点儿疼。

Wǒ gǎnmào le, tóu yǒudiǎnr téng.

I've caught a cold and my head aches a bit.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 感冒

他被诊断为 感冒 。

Tā bèi zhěnduàn wéi gǎnmào.

He was diagnosed with a cold.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 诊断

洗手可以预防 感冒 。

Xǐ shǒu kěyǐ yùfáng gǎnmào.

Washing your hands helps prevent colds.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 预防

多穿点,不然会 感冒 。

Duō chuān diǎn, bùrán huì gǎnmào.

Wear more, otherwise you will catch a cold.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 不然

孩子 感冒 了,一直在流鼻涕。

Háizi gǎnmào le, yìzhí zài liú bítì.

The child has a cold and keeps having a runny nose.

Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 鼻涕

他一直在打喷嚏,可能 感冒 了。

Tā yìzhí zài dǎpēntì, kěnéng gǎnmào le.

He keeps sneezing; he may have caught a cold.

Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 打喷嚏

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From the travel phrasebook

有 感冒 药吗?

Yǒu gǎnmào yào ma?

Do you have cold medicine?

Travel phrasebook · Pharmacy and emergencies

Questions about 感冒

How is 感冒 used in a sentence?

This page shows 8 sentences using 感冒 (gǎnmào, "Catch a cold"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 感冒 an HSK word?

Yes — 感冒 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 感冒?

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