号/號 hào — day of the month

Meanings

1. 1

   day of the month

   The spoken word for a date: 八月十五号. Written Chinese and formal speech use 日 rì instead, but 号 is what people say.

   measure
2. 2

   number (of a house, a size, a room)

   noun

Example sentences

• 明天是十一号。/明天是十一號。Míngtiān (second tone, rising) shì (fourth tone, falling) shíyī (second tone, rising) hào. (fourth tone, falling)···

  Tomorrow is the eleventh.

• 八月十五号我去中国。/八月十五號我去中國。Bā (first tone, high and level) yuè (fourth tone, falling) shíwǔ (second tone, rising) hào (fourth tone, falling) wǒ (third tone, dipping) qù (fourth tone, falling) Zhōngguó. (first tone, high and level)···

  I’m going to China on the fifteenth of August.

Common mistakes

• Not quite十五号八月

  Correct八月十五号

  Chinese dates run from the largest unit to the smallest: year, then month, then day. The reverse order is never used.

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