號
hào
ㄏㄠˋ
Simplified 号
- 1(literary) to call out; to command
- 2(bound form) bugle; trumpet
- 3(bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床號|起床号[qi3 chuang2 hao4])
- 4(bound form) mark; sign
- 5to mark; to label; to assign a number
- 6(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])
- 7(after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间[er4 san1 qi1 hao4 fang2 jian1] "Room 237")
- 8day of the month (e.g. 七號|七号[qi1 hao4] "the 7th")
- 9(bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五號電池|五号电池[wu3 hao4 dian4 chi2])
- 10(TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈|号脉[hao4 mai4])
- 11classifier for numbered people or items
Example
今天幾號？
jīntiān jǐhào
What's today's date?