号
号號 HSK 1
- (bound form) to wail; to howl
号號 準備級 2 · Novice 2 流利級 · Level 5
- (literary) to call out; to command
- (bound form) bugle; trumpet
- (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床号 (起床號))
- (bound form) mark; sign
- to mark; to label; to assign a number
- (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 国号 (國號), 年号 (年號), 辽宁号 (遼寧號))
- (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间 "Room 237")
- day of the month (e.g. 七号 (七號) "the 7th")
- (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五号电池 (五號電池))
- (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 号脉 (號脈))
- classifier for numbered people or items
Stroke order
Practice writing
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Character breakdown
Example sentences
- 空號。 Number unobtainable.
- 今天幾號？ What's today's date?
- 今天三號。 Today is the 3rd.
- 寄掛號嗎？ By registered letter?
- 今天是几号？ What's the date today?
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