号 Traditional: 號
Pinyin IPA [xɑʊ˥˩] Zhuyin
HSK 1 noun 名词 Book 1 · Lesson 7 freq #278
Meaning
- noun 名词 (for date of month) number
The day of the month, in dates: 五月三号 is "May 3rd". In writing, 日 (rì) is often used instead. 号 also means "number" more generally, as in a room or size number.
- (literary) to call out; to command
- (bound form) bugle; trumpet
- (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號|起床号[qi3 chuang2 hao4])
- (bound form) mark; sign
- to mark; to label; to assign a number
- (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 國號|国号[guo2 hao4], 年號|年号[nian2 hao4], 遼寧號|辽宁号[Liao2 ning2 Hao4])
Examples
| 今天是几号? | jīn tiān shì jǐ hào | What's the date today? |
Other Pronunciations 多音字
[háo] (bound form) to wail; to howl beyond HSK 1 usage
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