感冒

Chinese

		to feel; to move; to touch to feel; to move; to touch; to affect	to cover; to emit; to manifest to cover; to emit; to manifest; to risk; bold; brave
trad. (感冒)		感	冒
simp. ^#(感冒)		感	冒

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感冒 (Written Standard Chinese^?)
Kám-mō͘ (Southern Min)

Etymology

Attested since the Song dynasty.

冒 (mào) probably refers to “to emit; to manifest”, with 感冒 literally meaning “affected [by the wind] and [the symptoms have] manifested”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): gǎnmào

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄢˇ ㄇㄠˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): gam² mou⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): gam² mau⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): kám-mo

(Hailu, HRS): gam^ˊ mo^˖
Jin (Wiktionary): gan² mau³
Eastern Min (BUC): gāng-mô̤
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): kám-mō͘

(Teochew, Peng'im): gam² mao⁶
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵koe-mau
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gan³ mau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: gǎnmào
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ ㄇㄠˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: gǎnmào
  - Wade–Giles: kan³-mao⁴
  - Yale: gǎn-màu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaanmaw
  - Palladius: ганьмао (ganʹmao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam² mou⁶
  - Yale: gám mouh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam² mou⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem² mou⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ mou̯²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: gam² mau⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kam⁵⁵ ᵐbau³²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kám-mo
  - Hakka Romanization System: gam^ˋ mo
  - Hagfa Pinyim: gam³ mo⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /kam³¹ mo⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: gam^ˊ mo^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /kam²⁴⁻³³ mo³³/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: gan² mau³
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /kæ̃⁵³ mau⁴⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: gāng-mô̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaŋ³³⁻⁵⁵ mɔ²⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kám-mō͘
  - Tâi-lô: kám-mōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kafmmo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kam⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ mɔ̃⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /kam⁵³⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /kam⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ mɔ̃³³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: gam² mao⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kám mău
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kam⁵²⁻³⁵ mau³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁵koe-mau
  - MiniDict: koe^去 mau
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²koe-mau
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kø³³ mɔ⁴⁴/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: gan³ mau⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kan⁴¹ mɒu̯⁴⁵/

Noun

感冒

(pathology) cold (common viral illness); common cold
細菌性感冒／细菌性感冒 ― xìjūnxìng gǎnmào ― bacterial cold

病毒性感冒 ― bìngdúxìng gǎnmào ― viral cold
(informal) influenza
(literary, historical) pretext for requesting leave of absence used by officials in the Qing dynasty
- 按今制官員請假輒以感冒為辭，當即宋時「感風簿」之遺意。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
  按今制官员请假辄以感冒为辞，当即宋时「感风簿」之遗意。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
  From: 俞樾 (Yu Yue), 《茶香室叢鈔》
  Àn jīn zhì guānyuán qǐngjià zhé yǐ gǎnmào wéi cí, dāngjí Sòng shí “gǎnfēngbù” zhī yíyì. [Pinyin]
  Nowadays officials use the pretext of “affected [by disease] and [symptoms have] manifested” for their absence; this is inherited from ganfengbu (sign-in book for officials who had been affected by the cold wind and fallen ill) in the Song dynasty.

Synonyms

(cold): 普通感冒 (pǔtōng gǎnmào), 傷風／伤风 (shāngfēng)

Derived terms

Verb

感冒

to catch a cold
(literary) to sense; to feel
(Mainland China, figurative, colloquial, often in the negative) to fancy; to be interested in
(Taiwan, figurative, colloquial) to loathe; to hate

Synonyms

(to catch a cold): (Hokkien) 感著／感着, 感風／感风
(to fancy): 感興趣／感兴趣 (gǎn xìngqù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
感	冒
かん Grade: 3	ぼう Grade: S
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かんぼー [kàńbóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [kã̠mbo̞ː]

Noun

感(かん)冒(ぼう) • (kanbō)

a cold

Synonyms

風邪(かぜ) (kaze)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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