號 (hou6) — trumpet; horn; bugle in Cantonese
houˍ₆號
简 号
Mandarin Pinyin: hao4
Meaning of 號
nountrumpet; horn; bugle
nounmark; sign; signal
nounsize; date
nounstore; firm; business house
nounnumber; sequence; order
nountitle; designation; nickname
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Example Sentences with 號
cengˊ²請lauˎ₄留daiˉ¹低dinˍ₆電waaˊ²話houˍ₆號maaˏ₅碼
Please leave a telephone number.
gamˉ¹今jatˍ₆日geiˊ²幾doˉ¹多houˎ₄號？
What is the date (of today)?
mˎ₄唔goi1,該，ngoˏ₅我soengˊ²想oi˗₃愛go˗₃個jatˉ¹一houˎ₄號caan1,餐，lingˉ¹拎zauˊ²走。
Excuse me, I would like to have a Meal 1. Take-away.
daap˗₃搭geiˊ²幾houˍ₆號baaˉ¹巴siˊ²士hoˊ²可jiˏ₅以heoi˗₃去dou˗₃到soengˍ₆上waanˎ₄環？
Which bus can take me to Sheung Wan?
今日喺幾多號？
What's the date today?
Words Containing 號
嘆號taan3 hou6
exclamation mark [!]
信號處理seon3 hou6 cyu2 lei5
signal processing
代號doi6 hou6
code name; code; mark; designation; tag; code number; code letter
參照編號caam1 ziu3 pin1 hou6
reference number
分號fan1 hou6
semicolon (punctuation mark); the branch (of a firm, etc.)
着重號zoek6 zung6 hou6
emphasis mark: it is a traditional punctuation mark in China, usually taking the form of either a circle or a dot (•).
訊號干擾seon3 hou6 gon1 jiu2
signal interference
稱號cing1 hou6
title; name; term of address
雙引號soeng1 jan5 hou6
double quotation mark; double quote; can be used to refer to “” or 『』
圓括號jyun4 kut3 hou6
parentheses (rounded); refers to this kind of parentheses: （）
信號臺seon3 hou6 toi4
signal station
行號hong4 hou6
row number; line numbers (on a computer)
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