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To register (at a hospital etc) in Chinese: 挂号 (guà hào)

guà hào

to register (at a hospital etc)

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

Definitions

  1. 1to register (at a hospital etc)
  2. 2to send by registered mail

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ㄍㄨㄚˋ

guà

ㄍ/ gㄨ/ uㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

ㄏㄠˋ

hào

ㄏ/ hㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Simplified & traditional

挂号

Simplified

掛號

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 去医院看病要先挂号。

    qù yī yuàn kàn bìng yào xiān guà hào。

    You have to register first before seeing a doctor at the hospital.

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Related words

号

hào

ordinal number

挂

guà

to hang or suspend (from a hook etc)

号码

hào mǎ

number

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

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