號 (hou6 hou4 | hao4 {hao2}) : date; designation; size

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號

hou6 hou4

hao4 {hao2}

[1] [n] designation; title [2] sizes [3] orders; command; call [4] [n] mark; sign; symbol [5] [n] number (for identification or classification) [6] [n] store; shop [7] [n] bugle [8] date [9] nickname

Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: (#141)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

號 / 号

This word has been viewed 990 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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號數 hou6 sou3 = number

號碼 hou6 maa5 hao4 ma3 = number

電話號碼 din6 waa6*2 hou6 maa5 dian4 hua4 hao4 ma3 = telephone number

五號 ng5 hou6 wu3 hao4 = the fifth; fifth day of a month

四月十七號 sei3 jyut6 sap6 cat1 hou6 si4 yue4 shi2 qi1 hao4 = April 17

信用卡號碼 seon3 jung6 kaat1 hou6 maa5 = credit card number

三同號 saam1 tung4 hou6 = three of a kind (poker)

問號 man6 hou6 wen4 hao4 = question mark

句號 geoi3 hou6 ju4 hao4 = period (at the end of a sentence)

冒號 mou6 hou6 mao4 hao4 = colon (as in the punctuation mark)
See all 118 compounds (CantoDict reports 130 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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今日幾多號？粵
What is the date (of today)?
[The possible response will be: 今日|the date|號。 e.g. 今日十二號。 gam1 jat6 sap6 ji6 hou4 。]

唔該，我想愛個一號餐，拎走。粵
Excuse me, I would like to have a Meal 1. Take-away.
[scenario: in McDonald's]

今日喺幾多號？粵
What's the date today?
[Lit. today at how-many day-of-the-month]

請留低電話號碼粵
Please leave a telephone number.

搭幾號巴士可以去到上環？粵
Which bus can take me to Sheung Wan?

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Decimal representation of this word: 號
Unicode code for this character: U+865F (off-site link)

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