外
号

Nickname in Chinese: 外号 (wài hào)

wài hào

nickname

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 外號1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1nickname

Stroke order

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外
号

Zhuyin

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ㄨㄞˋ

wài

ㄨ/ uㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

ㄏㄠˋ

hào

ㄏ/ hㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

外号

Simplified

外號

Traditional

Example sentences

See 外号 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 同学们给他起了个外号。

    tóng xué men gěi tā qǐ le gè wài hào。

    His classmates gave him a nickname.

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Related words

号

hào

ordinal number

外

wài

outside

号码

hào mǎ

number

另外

lìng wài

additional

此外

cǐ wài

besides

格外

gé wài

especially

挂号

guà hào

to register (at a hospital etc)

外交

wài jiāo

diplomacy

信号

xìn hào

signal

意外

yì wài

unexpected

国外

guó wài

abroad

外边

wài bian

outside

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HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9 vocabulary list

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