HSK 5 · Body

挂号 guàhào “to register (at a hospital)” in Chinese

Traditional 掛號

What 挂号 means

  1. to register (at a hospital)
  2. to send by registered mail
  3. to register (at a hospital etc)

How to say 挂号

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale挂guà4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale号hào4th tone, falling

挂号 in a sentence

  1. 请用挂号寄这个。

    Qǐng yòng guàhào jì zhè ge.

    Please send this by registered mail.

    Sentence #5422711 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 我想要用挂号寄这封信。

    Wǒ xiǎngyào yòng guàhào jì zhè fēng xìn.

    I’d like to send this letter by registered mail.

    Sentence #5422708 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 寄挂号吗？

    Jì guàhào ma?

    Do you want to send it registered?

    Sentence #9057891 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 挂号 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 挂 (guà) with each of its parts in a different colour
挂guàto hang; to suspend
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 圭jade tablet · guīSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 圭 (guī) hints at the sound. Compare it with guà.

The character 号 (hào) with each of its parts in a different colour
号hàoto call out; to command
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part
  • 丂part of the characterSound part

How to write 挂号

挂 9 strokes · 号 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

挂号 (guàhào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 挂号 (guàhào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 挂号

Words with 挂

挂guà · to hang (on a hook or wall)悬挂xuánguà · to hang

Words with 号

号hào · number号码hàomǎ · number信号xìnhào · signal称号chēnghào · title号召hàozhào · to call on符号fúhào · symbol

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脖子bózi · neck传染chuánrǎn · to infect打喷嚏dǎpēntì · to sneeze骨头gǔtou · bone过敏guòmǐn · allergic后背hòubèi · back (of the body)怀孕huáiyùn · to be pregnant呼吸hūxī · to breathe

FAQs

挂号 (guàhào) means “to register (at a hospital)” or “to send by registered mail”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it guàhào: guà with a 4th tone, then hào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 挂号 is written 掛號. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type guahao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 挂号 from the suggestions. Typing guahao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
挂号 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.