感冒 gǎnmào catch cold
catch cold; (common) cold
How to remember 感冒: 感 feel + 冒 risk = catch cold.
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How it is used
- Both the verb catch a cold and the noun a cold - 我感冒了 (wǒ gǎnmào le) I've caught a cold, 得了感冒 (déle gǎnmào) came down with a cold.
- Colloquial idiom: 对…不感冒 (duì… bù gǎnmào) means to be uninterested in / not care for something, not literally sick.
- Distinct from 发烧 (fāshāo) run a fever, which is one possible symptom, not the cold itself.
Example sentences
- 冬天容易感冒。 Dōngtiān róngyì gǎnmào.It's easy to catch a cold in winter.
- 因为太冷，她感冒了。 Yīnwèi tài lěng, tā gǎnmào le.It's so cold that she caught a cold.
- 他感冒了，头痛得厉害。 Tā gǎnmào le, tóu tòngde lìhai.He caught a cold and has a bad headache.
- 今年的流行感冒很厉害。 Jīnnián de liúxíng gǎnmào hěn lìhai.Flu is widespread this year.