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  hou6 hou4   jyutping
  hao4 hao2   pinyin
[] hou6 | [] hao4
[1] title; designation; nickname
[2] store; firm; business house
[3] mark; sign; signal
[4] number; sequence; order
[5] trumpet; horn; bugle
[6] size; date

[] hou4 | [] hao2
variant of

noun
Stroke count: 11
Level: 1
Radical: (#141)

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

This word has been viewed 17973 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 9th Aug 2013 11:38

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detail  hou6 sou3   = number
detail  hou6 maa5  hao4 ma3 = number
detail  din6 waa6*2 hou6 maa5  dian4 hua4 hao4 ma3 = telephone number
detail  ng5 hou6  wu3 hao4 = the fifth; fifth day of a month
detail  sei3 jyut6 sap6 cat1 hou6  si4 yue4 shi2 qi1 hao4 = April 17
detail  seon3 jung6 kaat1 hou6 maa5   = credit card number
detail  saam1 tung4 hou6   = three of a kind (poker)
detail  man6 hou6  wen4 hao4 = question mark
detail  geoi3 hou6  ju4 hao4 = period (at the end of a sentence)
detail  mou6 hou6  mao4 hao4 = colon (as in the punctuation mark)
See all 119 compounds (CantoDict reports 131 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 5 examples containing 號
detail audio 今日幾多
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 。]
detail audio 唔該一號拎走
Excuse me, I would like to have a Meal 1. Take-away.
[scenario: in McDonald's]
detail 今日幾多
What's the date today?
[Lit. today at how-many day-of-the-month]
detail audio 留低電話號碼
Please leave a telephone number.
detail 巴士可以上環
Which bus can take me to Sheung Wan?
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