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小號

简小号 · 繁小號

Mandarin · pinyin xiǎo hào

trumpet
small size (clothes etc)
(coll.) a number one; a piss
(humble) our store
alternate account (for an Internet forum etc)

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小: xiǎo · small, tiny, insignificant
號: Look up this written character
号: hào · mark, sign; symbol; number

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3–4 · xiao3 hao4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

siu2 hou6

Cantonese word readings for 小號. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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noun

(chiefly attributive) small size
(humble) our store; my store
(music) trumpet
(slang) alternate phone number
(Internet slang) alternate account; alt
(Internet slang) sock puppet (alternative pseudonymous online account, especially one used for abuse)

verb

(colloquial) to have a pee; to do a number one; to take a leak

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