号码號碼 hàomǎ — number (of a phone, a room, a size)
hàomǎ (fourth tone, falling)hao4ma3
Traditional: 號碼
number (of a phone, a room, a size)
HSK 3· HSK 1–4 (classic)Level 3· Three-band, nine-level standardnounMeasure word 个
Meanings
number (of a phone, a room, a size)
The number that identifies something in a series — a telephone, a room, a shoe size. Not a quantity: how many is 数 or a plain figure, and the date is 号 on its own.
noun
Example sentences
- 请问，你的电话号码是多少？請問，你的電話號碼是多少？Qǐngwèn, (third tone, dipping) nǐ (third tone, dipping) de (neutral tone) diànhuà (fourth tone, falling) hàomǎ (fourth tone, falling) shì (fourth tone, falling) duōshao? (first tone, high and level)···
May I ask what your telephone number is?
- 这双鞋的号码太小了。這雙鞋的號碼太小了。Zhè (fourth tone, falling) shuāng (first tone, high and level) xié (second tone, rising) de (neutral tone) hàomǎ (fourth tone, falling) tài (fourth tone, falling) xiǎo (third tone, dipping) le. (neutral tone)···
These shoes are too small a size.
Common mistakes
Not quite今天是几号码？
Correct今天是几号？
The date is 号 by itself. 号码 is an identifying number, so asking it of a date asks which numbered day in a catalogue.