HSK 4 · Objects

号码 hàomǎ “number” in Chinese

Traditional 號碼

What 号码 means

  1. number

Measure word 堆 duī or 个 gè · 一堆号码 yì duī hàomǎ

How to say 号码

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale号hào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale码mǎ3rd tone, dipping

号码 in a sentence

  1. 你的电话号码是多少？

    Nǐ de diànhuà hàomǎ shì duōshǎo?

    What’s your phone number?

    Sentence #1216103 from Tatoeba

  2. 我一定是打错号码了。

    Wǒ yídìng shì dǎcuò hàomǎ le.

    I must have dialled the wrong number.

    Sentence #735192 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 你确定你拨对号码了吗？

    Nǐ quèdìng nǐ bō duì hàomǎ le ma?

    Are you sure you dialled the right number?

    Sentence #13363502 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 号码 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 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
The character 码 (mǎ) with each of its parts in a different colour
码mǎagate
  • 石stone · shíMeaning part
  • 马horse · mǎSound part

石 hints at the meaning (stone); 马 (mǎ) hints at the sound. Compare it with mǎ.

How to write 号码

号 5 strokes · 码 8 strokes

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

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

Words related to 号码

Words with 号

号hào · number挂号guàhào · to register (at a hospital)信号xìnhào · signal称号chēnghào · title号召hàozhào · to call on符号fúhào · symbol

Words with 码

密码mìmǎ · cipher数码shùmǎ · digital码头mǎtou · dock起码qǐmǎ · at least

More words: Everyday Things

公里gōnglǐ · kilometre观众guānzhòng · spectators过程guòchéng · course of events好处hǎochu · benefit盒子hézi · box家具jiājù · furniture镜子jìngzi · mirror距离jùlí · distance

FAQs

号码 (hàomǎ) means “number”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it hàomǎ: hào with a 4th tone, then mǎ with a 3rd 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, 号码 is written 號碼. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 堆 (duī) or 个 (gè). For example, one number is 一堆号码 (yì duī hàomǎ).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type haoma with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 号码 from the suggestions. Typing haoma into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
号码 is an HSK 4 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.