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号码

hào mǎ

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 號碼 Measure word 堆、个

号码 (hào mǎ) means "number (phone/ID)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 号码 means

1. number

The characters in 号码

• 号hào(literary) to call out; to command; (bound form) bugle; trumpet; (bound form) signal…
• 码mǎ(archaic) agate; (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale; number

Example sentences

• 把那个号码给我。
  Bǎ nàge hàomǎ gěi wǒ.
  Give me the number.
• 电话号码是多少？
  What's the number?
• 给我你的电话号码。
  Give me your phone number.
• 你电话号码是多少？
  What's your phone number?
• 我一定是打错号码了。
  Wǒ yīdìng shì dǎcuò hàomǎ le.
  I must've mistyped the number.
• 你家的电话号码几号？
  Nǐ jiāde diànhuà hàomǎ jǐ hào?
  What's your home phone number?

Words starting with 号码

• 号码牌hào mǎ páinumber plate; car license plate

Words containing 号码

• 身份证号码shēn fèn zhèng hào mǎI.D. number
• 追踪号码zhuī zōng hào mǎtracking number (of a package shipment)
• 四角号码sì jiǎo hào mǎfour corner code (input method for Chinese characters)
• 身分证号码shēn fèn zhèng hào mǎvariant of 身份证号码; I.D. number

Where 号码 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Office tools & technology (HSK 4), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read hào mǎ correctly.
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