ไข้หวัด(kâi wàt)

Meanings

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the common cold; a cold

a mild upper‑respiratory viral infection causing a runny or stuffy nose, cough, sore throat, and sometimes a low fever; not influenza (which is ไข้หวัดใหญ่ไข้หวัดใหญ่kâi wàt yàiinfluenza; flu)

Examples

วันนี้wan néeวันนี้wan née1today (time of speech)2today; this day3nowadays; these days (informal)ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)เป็นไข้bpen kâiเป็นไข้bpen kâi[to] have a fever; be feverishหวัดwàtหวัดwàt1common cold2nasal; congested (colloquial modifier)
Today I have a cold.

Related Words

Word Breakdown

ไข้kâiไข้kâifever; febrile illnessPart 1
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หวัดwàtหวัดwàt1common cold2nasal; congested (colloquial modifier)Part 2
ไข้หวัดkâi wàtไข้หวัดkâi wàtthe common cold; a cold