止咳

• 拼音: zhǐ ké
• 汉字拆解: 止 = stop; 咳 = 口 + 亥 (mouth + phonetic — coughing sound)

含义

To relieve coughing; cough-suppressing. The action or property of stopping or reducing coughs.

A medical term appearing on medicines and in health contexts. 止咳糖浆 (cough syrup), 止咳药 (cough medicine), 润肺止咳 (moisten lungs and relieve cough). Often paired with 化痰 (expectorant) in traditional Chinese medicine.

例句

1. 这款止咳糖浆对治疗感冒引起的咳嗽效果显著。
2. 中医推荐用枇杷膏润肺止咳，副作用小。
3. 持续咳嗽一周后，他终于去药店买了止咳药。

用法指南

语境: medicine, health, pharmacy

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 请问有什么止咳效果好的药推荐吗？(Could you recommend any medicine with good cough-relieving effects?)
• 蜂蜜柠檬水有一定的止咳作用，可以试试。(Honey lemon water has some cough-relieving effect — you can try it.)

错误说法

• 我止咳了 — grammatically awkward; use 咳嗽止住了 or 不咳嗽了 for having stopped coughing

起源与历史

止 (stop/relieve) + 咳 (cough)

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal