号

hào

number; measure word for dates and sizes

nounmeasure wordHSK 3.0 word list · Band 1trad. 號
Dictionary entry

(literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床号)

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号

See it in sentences

今天几号?

Jīntiān jǐ hào?

English

What is the date today?

八号我们坐飞机。

Bā hào wǒmen zuò fēijī.

English

We are taking a plane on the eighth.

Goes with

  • 几号which date; what size
  • 一号the first; size one
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