号 [號] hào (literary) to call out; to command(bound form) bugle; trumpet(bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床号 qǐ chuáng hào)(bound form) mark; signto mark; to label; to assign a number(bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 国号 guó hào, 年号 nián hào, 辽宁号 Liáo níng Hào)(after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237号房间 2 3 7 hào fáng jiān "Room 237")day of the month (e.g. 七号 qī hào "the 7th")(bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五号电池 wǔ hào diàn chí)(TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 号脉 hào mài)classifier for numbered people or items Example sentences 我的鞋是二十四号。 wǒ de xié shì èrshísì hào. My shoes are size twenty-four 我的生日是二月十八号。 wǒ de shēngrì shì èr yuè shíbā hào. My birthday is February eighteenth