号

Ordinal number in Chinese: 号 (hào)

hào

ordinal number

HSK 2Traditional: 號2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1ordinal number
  2. 2day of a month
  3. 3mark
  4. 4sign
  5. 5business establishment
  6. 6size
  7. 7ship suffix
  8. 8horn (wind instrument)
  9. 9bugle call
  10. 10assumed name
  11. 11to take a pulse
  12. 12classifier used to indicate number of people

Stroke order

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号

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ㄏㄠˋ

hào

ㄏ/ hㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

号

Simplified

號

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 今天是几号？

    jīn tiān shì jǐ hào？

    What's the date today?

  • 是十月三号。

    shì shí yuè sān hào。

    It's October the third.

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Related words

号码

hào mǎ

number

挂号

guà hào

to register (at a hospital etc)

信号

xìn hào

signal

符号

fú hào

symbol

括号

kuò hào

parentheses

型号

xíng hào

model (particular version of a manufactured article)

称号

chēng hào

name

号召

hào zhào

to call

口号

kǒu hào

slogan

车号

chē hào

vehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number)

编号

biān hào

to number

绰号

chuò hào

nickname

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