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号

háo · hao/hào · hao

Traditional 號

HSK 1Old HSK 2Measure word: 个 gè

Meaning

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háo 號

  1. roar
  2. cry

hào 號

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

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Which day are you going home?

  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)几(jǐ)号(hào)回家(huíjiā)？

    Which day are you going home?

  2. Dengdeng

    十五(shíwǔ)号(hào)。你(nǐ)呢(ne)？

    The fifteenth. And you?

  3. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)十六(shíliù)号(hào)。

    The sixteenth.

  4. Dengdeng

    十六(shíliù)号(hào)是(shì)我(wǒ)的(de)生日(shēngrì)！

    The sixteenth is my birthday!

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)我(wǒ)也(yě)十五(shíwǔ)号(hào)回去(huíqu)，给(gěi)你(nǐ)过(guò)生日(shēngrì)。

    Then I will go home on the fifteenth too, to celebrate your birthday.

  6. Dengdeng

    太好了(tàihǎole)！礼物(lǐwù)也(yě)要(yào)带(dài)！

    Great! Bring a gift too!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

请(qǐng)送(sòng)两(liǎng)份(fèn)早(zǎo)餐(cān)过(guò)来(lái)。2号(hào)餐(cān)加(jiā)两(liǎng)杯(bēi)奶(nǎi)茶(chá)。

Bring two breakfasts, please. Number 2 on the menu, and two teas with milk.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by AlanF_US · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

她(tā)下(xià)周(zhōu)日(rì)回(huí)家(jiā)，也(yě)就(jiù)是(shì)10号(hào)。

She will return home next Sunday, that is, the tenth.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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