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信号

xìn hào

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 信號

信号 (xìn hào) means "signal". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 信号 means

1. signal

The characters in 信号

• 信xìnletter; mail; to trust
• 号hào(literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal…

Example sentences

• 收到一个信号。
  Catch a signal.
• 信号是红色的。
  The signal was red.
• 我手机没信号。
  My cell phone doesn't have any reception.
• 信号灯变绿了哟。
  The light has turned green.
• 地下室里的信号很差。
  Reception in the cellar is very poor.
• 他给了我们开始的信号。
  Tā gěi le wǒmen kāishǐ de xìnhào.
  He gave us the signal to begin.

Words starting with 信号

• 信号灯xìn hào dēngsignal light; car indicator
• 信号处理xìn hào chǔ lǐsignal processing
• 信号台xìn hào táisignal station

Words containing 信号

• 电信号diàn xìn hàoelectrical signal
• 数位信号shù wèi xìn hàodigital signal
• 电话信号diàn huà xìn hàotelephone signal
• 转向信号zhuǎn xiàng xìn hàoturn signal (auto.); turning indicator
• 数字信号shù zì xìn hàodigital signal
• 语音信号yǔ yīn xìn hàovoice signal
• 光信号guāng xìn hàooptical signal
• 模拟信号mó nǐ xìn hàoanalog signal
• 前信号灯qián xìn hào dēngcar front indicator
• 后信号灯hòu xìn hào dēngcar rear indicator

Where 信号 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Unification, Communication & Order (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read xìn hào correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.