号 hào / háo in a sentence
Number (name - size - order - sign); Howl
号 (hào / háo) means Number (name - size - order - sign), Howl. Below are 24 of the 42 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
看病要先挂 号 。
Kàn bìng yào xiān guà hào.
You need to register before seeing the doctor.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 挂号
他挂了内科的 号 。
Tā guà le nèikē de hào.
He registered with internal medicine.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 内科
这封信我要挂 号 寄。
Zhè fēng xìn wǒ yào guà hào jì.
I want to send this letter by registered mail.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 挂号
红灯是停车的信 号 。
Hóng dēng shì tíng chē de xìnhào.
A red light is the signal to stop.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 信号
请先登录你的账 号 。
Qǐng xiān dēnglù nǐ de zhànghào.
Please log in to your account first.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 登录
请在门外等候叫 号 。
Qǐng zài mén wài děnghòu jiào hào.
Please wait outside the door until your number is called.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 等候
这个符 号 表示大于。
Zhège fúhào biǎoshì dàyú.
This symbol means greater than.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 符号
你的生日是几月几 号 ？
Nǐ de shēngrì shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào?
What date is your birthday?
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 生日
请留下你的电话 号 码。
Qǐng liú xià nǐ de diànhuà hàomǎ.
Please leave your telephone number.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 号码
他忽视了身体的信 号 。
Tā hūshì le shēntǐ de xìnhào.
He ignored the signals from his body.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 忽视
Reading these is one thing; producing 号 yourself is another. Cloze in Context takes a sentence from this same bank, removes one word and asks you to put it back — beginner, intermediate and advanced.
From the graded readers
这次我看清楚了才下单——蓝色，大 号 。
zhècì wǒ kānqīng chǔ le / liǎo / liào cái xià dān—— lánsè, dà hào / háo.
This time I checked properly before ordering — blue, large.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
From the travel phrasebook
车牌 号 是多少？
Chēpáihào shì duōshao?
What's the licence plate number?
Travel phrasebook · Taxis and ride-hailing
请问几 号 登机口？
Qǐngwèn jǐ hào dēngjīkǒu?
Which gate, please?
Travel phrasebook · Airport and immigration
我的座位在几 号 车厢？
Wǒ de zuòwèi zài jǐ hào chēxiāng?
Which carriage is my seat in?
Travel phrasebook · High-speed rail and the metro
From the grammar library
我的生日是二月二 号 。
Wǒ de shēngrì shì èr yuè èr hào.
My birthday is February 2nd.
Grammar library · HSK 1 · 二 vs 两 — two ways to say two
号 appears in 42 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 号
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 号
How is 号 used in a sentence?
This page shows 42 sentences using 号 (hào / háo, "Number (name - size - order - sign), Howl"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 号 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 号 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 号 an HSK word?
Yes — 号 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 号?
The dictionary page for 号 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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