感冒

• 拼音: gǎn mào
• 汉字拆解: 感 = 咸 (all, phonetic) + 心 (heart), meaning to feel; 冒 = 冃 (hat) + 目 (eye), meaning to emit or brave

含义

Common cold; to catch a cold. The most everyday term for the common cold illness.

As a noun, 感冒 refers to the common cold. As a verb, it means to catch a cold. In colloquial usage, 不感冒 can figuratively mean having no interest in something or someone. Distinguished from 流感 (influenza), which is more serious.

例句

1. 天气变冷了，很多人都感冒了。
2. 你感冒了应该多喝热水。
3. 这次感冒特别严重，我咳嗽了一个星期。

用法指南

语境: health, everyday

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 我感冒了，今天不能去上班。(I caught a cold. I can't go to work today.)
• 多穿点衣服，小心感冒。(Wear more clothes. Be careful not to catch a cold.)

错误说法

• 我感冒了流感。(Don't combine 感冒 with 流感 — 感冒 is a common cold, 流感 is influenza. Say 我得了流感 for the flu)

起源与历史

Compound of 感 (to feel, to sense) and 冒 (to emit, to brave). Originally meant to be affected by wind and cold pathogens in traditional Chinese medicine.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal