# 感冒
## Chinese

* 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): gam$^2$ mou$^6$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): gam$^2$ mau$^5$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): kám-mo
    (Hailu, HRS): gam$^ˊ$ mo$^˖$
* Jin (Wiktionary): gan$^2$ mau$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): gāng-mô̤
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): kám-mō͘
    (Teochew, Peng'im): gam$^2$ mao$^6$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$koe-mau
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): gan$^3$ mau$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: gǎnmào
*** Zhuyin: ㄍㄢˇ ㄇㄠˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: gǎnmào
*** Wade–Giles: kan$^3$-mao$^4$
*** Yale: gǎn-màu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gaanmaw
*** Palladius: ганьмао (ganʹmao)
*** Sinological IPA : /kän²¹⁴⁻²¹ mɑʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gam$^2$ mou$^6$
*** Yale: gám mouh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gam$^2$ mou$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gem$^2$ mou$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐm³⁵ mou̯²²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: gam$^2$ mau$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /kam⁵⁵ ᵐbau³²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: kám-mo
*** Hakka Romanization System: gam$^ˋ$ mo
*** Hagfa Pinyim: gam$^3$ mo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /kam³¹ mo⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: gam$^ˊ$ mo$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /kam²⁴⁻³³ mo³³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: gan$^2$ mau$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /kæ̃⁵³ mau⁴⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: gāng-mô̤
*** Sinological IPA : /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: gam$^2$ mao$^6$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: kám mău
*** Sinological IPA : /kam⁵²⁻³⁵ mau³⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$koe-mau
*** MiniDict: koe$^去$ mau
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$koe-mau
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /kø³³ mɔ⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: gan$^3$ mau$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /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
    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

* 傷風感冒／伤风感冒
* 普通感冒 (pǔtōng gǎnmào)
* 流行性感冒 (liúxíngxìng gǎnmào)
* 風寒感冒／风寒感冒
* 風熱感冒／风热感冒

### 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])
* IPA: [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 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN