号 hào / háo in a sentence
Number (name - size - order - sign); Howl
号 (hào / háo) means Number (name - size - order - sign), Howl. Below are 14 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
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
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 14 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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