号 Definitions — Dong Chinese Dictionary

hàoháo HSK1

call, mark

号 (號) hào frequency

number noun: an ordinal number, a day of the month, or a size; 今天是五号。

jīntiān shì wǔ hào.

Today is the fifth.

classifier measure word: a classifier used to indicate a number of people; 我们这儿有百十来号人。

wǒmen zhèr yǒu bǎishílái hào rén.

We have about a hundred or so people here.

ship suffix noun: a suffix used after the name of a ship or vessel; 这就是著名的雪龙号。

zhè jiù shì zhùmíng de Xuělóng hào.

This is the famous Xuelong (Snow Dragon) icebreaker.

pulse verb: to examine or take a pulse for medical diagnosis; 老中医让病人坐下，闭着眼睛为他号了号。

lǎo zhōngyī ràng bìngrén zuòxia, bì zhe yǎnjing wèi tā hào le hào.

The old practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine asked the patient to sit down and took his pulse with his eyes closed.

designation noun: an assumed name, style name, or a business establishment; 他的号是青莲居士。

tā de hào shì Qīng Lián jūshì.

His pseudonym is Qinglian Jushi.

instrument noun: a brass wind instrument, such as a horn or bugle, or the call it produces; 教官吹响了集合的号。

jiàoguān chuīxiǎng le jíhé de hào.

The instructor blew the bugle for assembly.

mark noun: a sign, mark, symbol, or signal; 请在重点处画个号。

qǐng zài zhòngdiǎn chù huà gè hào.

Please make a mark at the key points.

号 (號) háo

wail verb: to cry out loudly in grief or pain; 他因丧子之痛而仰天长号。

tā yīn sàngzǐ zhī tòng ér yǎngtiān cháng háo.

He wailed to the heavens in grief over the loss of his son.

roar verb: to make a loud, prolonged sound like the wind or a wild animal; 狂风在深夜里怒号。

kuángfēng zài shēnyè lǐ nùháo.

The wind howled fiercely in the middle of the night.

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Frequency

Character

Written text: 487th most common 435.8 per million
Movie subtitles: 339th most common 460.5 per million appears in 75% of films

Word

Movie subtitles: 353.6 per million appears in 52% of films
Written text: 391.1 per million

Details

HSK 2.0: Level 1
HSK 3.0: Level 1
Traditional: 號
Strokes: 5
Unicode: U+53F7

Sources

Definitions: CC-CEDICT
Frequency data: MTSU Chinese text computing SUBTLEX-CH BCC Corpus (BLCU)