括
号

Parentheses in Chinese: 括号 (kuò hào)

kuò hào

parentheses

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 括號1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1parentheses
  2. 2brackets

Stroke order

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括
号

Zhuyin

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ㄎㄨㄛˋ

kuò

ㄎ/ kㄨ/ uㄛ/ oˋ/ fourth tone

ㄏㄠˋ

hào

ㄏ/ hㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

括号

Simplified

括號

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 请把重点的词放在括号里。

    qǐng bǎ zhòng diǎn de cí fàng zài kuò hào lǐ。

    Please put the key words inside the parentheses.

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Related words

号

hào

ordinal number

包括

bāo kuò

to comprise

号码

hào mǎ

number

概括

gài kuò

to summarize

挂号

guà hào

to register (at a hospital etc)

信号

xìn hào

signal

符号

fú hào

symbol

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)

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