干咳

Traditional form:

乾咳

Pinyin (reading):

gānké

Definitions:

• to cough without phlegm
• a dry cough

Characters:

• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 咳 - to cough

Traditional characters:

• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 咳 - to cough