号码hào mǎnumber
号码 (hào mǎ) means "number." It names a number that identifies a telephone, a room, or something similar. 你的电话号码是多少 asks what your telephone number is. 我忘了房间号码 says the speaker forgot the room number. 号码在我的手机里 says the number is in the cell phone. Each sentence uses that same meaning of an identifying number.
What does 号码 mean?
- 1.
numbernoun
What do the characters in 号码 mean?
- 号(after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间[er4 san1 qi1 hao4 fang2 jian1] "Room 237")
- 码number
How do you use 号码?
号码 can follow 电话 or 房间 to name that telephone number or room number.
Patterns
电话 + 号码
你的电话号码是多少?
Nǐ de diànhuà hàomǎ shì duōshao?
What is your telephone number?
房间 + 号码
我忘了房间号码。
Wǒ wàng le fángjiān hàomǎ.
I forgot the room number.
把 + 号码 + 写在这里
请把号码写在这里。
Qǐng bǎ hàomǎ xiě zài zhèlǐ.
Please write the number here.
号码 + 在 + Place
号码在我的手机里。
Hàomǎ zài wǒ de shǒujī lǐ.
The number is in my cell phone.
What are some examples of 号码 in a sentence?
How is 号码 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
老师现在不在学校。
Lǎoshī xiànzài bù zài xuéxiào.
The teacher is not at school now.
- Speaker B:
你可以给老师打电话。
Nǐ kěyǐ gěi lǎoshī dǎ diànhuà.
You can give the teacher a phone call.
- Speaker A:
老师的号码在哪儿?
Lǎoshī de hàomǎ zài nǎr?
Where is the teacher's number?
- Speaker B:
号码在我的手机里。
Hàomǎ zài wǒ de shǒujī lǐ.
The number is in my cell phone.
- Speaker A:
你现在可以打电话吗?
Nǐ xiànzài kěyǐ dǎ diànhuà ma?
Can you make a phone call now?
- Speaker B:
可以。我现在打电话。
Kěyǐ. Wǒ xiànzài dǎ diànhuà.
I can. I will call now.
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Related words
- 电话diàn huàtelephoneHSK 1
- 房间fáng jiānroomHSK 1
- 手机shǒu jīcell phone; mobile phoneHSK 1
- 写xiěto writeHSK 1
- 请qǐngplease (do sth)HSK 1
- 给gěito giveHSK 1
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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.