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號

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Mandarin · pinyin háo#

Meanings · háo

  1. (bound form) to wail; to howl
Mandarin · pinyin hào#

Meanings · hào

  1. (literary) to call out; to command
  2. (bound form) bugle; trumpet
  3. (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號 qǐ chuáng hào)
  4. (bound form) mark; sign
  5. to mark; to label; to assign a number
  6. (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 國號 guó hào, 年號 nián hào, 遼寧號 Liáo níng Hào)
  7. (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間 èr sān qī hào fáng jiān "Room 237")
  8. day of the month (e.g. 七號 qī hào "the 7th")
  9. (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池 wǔ hào diàn chí)
  10. (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈 hào mài)
  11. classifier for numbered people or items
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

hou4 · hou6

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character

  1. name; alias
  2. (specifically) art name
  3. to order; to command
  4. shop; store
  5. mark; symbol
  6. number
  7. (informal) day of the month.
  8. the name of a boat
  9. (music) brass instrument
  10. (typography) hao
  11. (Internet) account
  12. (Central Plains and Lanyin Mandarin, Sichuanese) to correct; to mark (school work)

character

  1. to shout; to bawl; to cry loudly
  2. (of animal) to roar
  3. to cry (to shed a tear) (loudly)
  4. (of wind) to howl; to roar

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號 · hao2 · hao4
CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG · edition 2026-10-13 · source lines 96,984, 96,985
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Exact source records號 号 [hao2] /(bound form) to wail; to howl/號 号 [hao4] /(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])/(after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间[er4 san1 qi1 hao4 fang2 jian1] "Room 237")/day of the month (e.g. 七號|七号[qi1 hao4] "the 7th")/(bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池|五号电池[wu3 hao4 dian4 chi2])/(TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈|号脉[hao4 mai4])/classifier for numbered people or items/