号 / 號
hào
Meaning
- bugle · trumpet · signal · bugle call (for example, 起床号 qǐ chuáng hào) · mark · sign
- to mark · to label · to assign a number
- name · appellation (for example, 国号 guó hào, 年号 nián hào, 辽宁号 Liáo níng Hào)
- number designation (for example, 237號房間|237号房间[er4san1qi1-hao4 fang2jian1] "Room 237")
- day of the month (for example, 七号 qī hào "the 7th")
- size · type · category (for example, 五号电池 wǔ hào diàn chí)
- to feel (the pulse) (used in 号脉 hào mài)
- classifier for numbered people or items
- to call out · to command
Example sentences
你能告诉我你的手机号吗?
nǐ néng gào su wǒ nǐ de shǒu jī hào ma?
Can you give me your cell number?
给我拿件中号的。
gěi wǒ ná jiàn zhōng hào de。
Get me one in size "M", please.
你说什么?我听不见,这里信号太差了。
nǐ shuō shén me? wǒ tīng bù jiàn, zhè lǐ xìn hào tài chà le。
What are you saying? I cannot hear, the signal here is too bad.
他们把船命名为「五月花号」。
他們把船命名為「五月花號」。
tā men bǎ chuán mìng míng wèi「 wǔ yuè huā hào」。
They named the ship the Mayflower.