Usage of the character 号

(computing) (text file) line number; (data table or spreadsheet) row number
(Tw) unincorporated firm (typically a smaller business such as a sole proprietorship or partnership)

fóhào

佛号

[佛號]

one of the many names of Buddha

fēnhào

分号

[分號]

semicolon (punct.)

háojiào

号叫

[號叫]

to howl
to yell

shūmínghào

书名号

[書名號]

Chinese guillemet 《》(punct. used for names of books etc)

Lǐpào Hào

礼炮号

[禮炮號]

Salyut (salute), Russian spacecraft series

tóuhàozì

头号字

[頭號字]

largest typeface
biggest letters

Yǔzhòuhào

宇宙号

[宇宙號]

Cosmos, Russian spacecraft series

guāngxìnhào

光信号

[光信號]

optical signal

jiājiǎnhào

加减号

[加減號]

plus-minus sign (±)
plus and minus signs (+ and -)

jiàngéhào

间隔号

[間隔號]

Chinese centered dot mark · (punct. used to separate Western names or words)

qǐchuángháo

起床号

[起床號]

reveille

hàomǎpái

号码牌

[號碼牌]

number plate
car license plate
CL:條／条 (tiáo),塊／块 (kuài),片 (piàn)

pòzhéhào

破折号

[破折號]

dash
Chinese dash ── (punct., double the length of the western dash)

huàděnghào

画等号

[畫等號]

to equate
to consider (two things) to be equivalent

jīngtànhào

惊叹号

[驚嘆號]

exclamation mark ! (punct.)

Fāxiàn Hào

发现号

[發現號]

Space Shuttle Discovery

Zhùróng Hào

祝融号

[祝融號]

the "Zhurong" Chinese Mars rover, landed on the planet in 2021

yǐnhuìhào

隐讳号

[隱諱號]

cross symbol (×), used to replace a character one does not wish to display

Liáoníng Hào

辽宁号

[遼寧號]

Liaoning, the first aircraft carrier commissioned into the PLA Navy (commissioned in 2012)

jìhaobǐ

记号笔

[記號筆]

(permanent) marker (pen)

fúhàoxué

符号学

[符號學]

semiotics
semiology

hàozhàolì

号召力

[號召力]

to have the power to rally supporters

liánjiēhào

连接号

[連接號]

hyphen

shěnglüèhào

省略号

[省略號]

ellipsis (punctuation)

Xiǎoyīng Hào

小鹰号

[小鷹號]

Kitty Hawk (US aircraft carrier)

yuánkuòhào

圆括号

[圓括號]

parentheses; round brackets ( )

bōlànghào

波浪号

[波浪號]

tilde ( ~ )

lǎozìhào

老字号

[老字號]

shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation

gǎntànhào

感叹号

[感嘆號]

exclamation mark ! (punct.)

zhuózhònghào

着重号

[著重號]

Chinese underdot (punct. used for emphasis, sim. to Western italics)

huākuòhào

花括号

[花括號]

braces
curly brackets { }

bōhàopán

拨号盘

[撥號盤]

telephone dial

huányuánhào

还原号

[還原號]

(music notation) natural sign, ♮

jiǔhàoqiú

九号球

[九號球]

nine-ball (billiards game)

bǎifēnhào

百分号

[百分號]

percent sign % (punct.)

liánzìhào

连字号

[連字號]

hyphen (punct.)

dānyǐnhào

单引号

[單引號]

single quotes

xìnhàotái

信号台

[信號臺]

signal station

tuǐhàogū

腿号箍

[腿號箍]

see 腿號／腿号 (tuǐhào)

xiéxiànhào

斜线号

[斜線號]

slash (punct.)
forward slash (computing)
virgule
slanting line
oblique line

chuàngkānhào

创刊号

[創刊號]

first issue

(music notation) natural sign, ♮

Bànlü Hào

伴侣号

[伴侶號]

HMS Consort, Royal Navy destroyer involved in 1949 Amethyst incident on Changjiang

zhōngkuòhào

中括号

[中括號]

square brackets ()

guàhàoxìn

挂号信

[掛號信]

registered letter

wúfúhào

无符号

[無符號]

unsigned (i.e. the absolute value, regardless of plus or minus sign)

Fènghuáng Hào

凤凰号

[鳳凰號]

Phoenix, NASA Mars explorer

diànxìnhào

电信号

[電信號]

electrical signal

bōhàoyīn

拨号音

[撥號音]

dial tone

fāngkuòhào

方括号

[方括號]

square brackets ()

shuāngyǐnhào

双引号

[雙引號]

double quotes

jiānkuòhào

尖括号

[尖括號]

angle brackets < >

dìngdānhào

订单号

[訂單號]

order number

Jìnbù Hào

进步号

[進步號]

Progress (name of Russian spaceship)

dàkuòhào

大括号

[大括號]

braces; curly brackets { }

Liánméng Hào

联盟号

[聯盟號]

Soyuz (union), Russian spacecraft series

gōngzhònghào

公众号

[公眾號]

official account (on a social networking platform)

shíbiéhào

识别号

[識別號]

identifier

xùlièhào

序列号

[序列號]

serial number
product key (software)

pàobìnghào

泡病号

[泡病號]

to dilly-dally on the pretence of being ill
to malinger

zhèngfùhào

正负号

[正負號]

plus or minus sign ± (math.)

yǐnhàowán

引号完

[引號完]

unquote
end of quote

xūquēhào

虚缺号

[虛缺號]

white square character ( □ ), used to represent a missing ideograph

xiǎokuòhào

小括号

[小括號]

round brackets; parentheses ( )

dàizìhào

代字号

[代字號]

swung dash
tilde (~)

Fǎguóhào

法国号

[法國號]

French horn

xìnhàodēng

信号灯

[信號燈]

signal light
car indicator

tèdàhào

特大号

[特大號]

jumbo
king-sized

shàngyīhào

上一号

[上一號]

(coll.) to go pee
to go to the bathroom

Héxié Hào

和谐号

[和諧號]

CRH-series high-speed trains operated by China Railway

shěngzìhào

省字号

[省字號]

an apostrophe (punct.)

bùděnghào

不等号

[不等號]

inequality sign (≠, < , ≤, >, ≥)

Fènjìn Hào

奋进号

[奮進號]

Space Shuttle Endeavor

Yàluó Hào

亚罗号

[亞羅號]

the Arrow (a Hong Kong registered ship involved in historical incident in 1856 used as pretext for the second Opium War)

Nímǐzī Hào

尼米兹号

[尼米茲號]

Nimitz class, US nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, 8 in commission since 1975

zhuǎnxiàngxìnhào

转向信号

[轉向信號]

turn signal (auto.)
turning indicator

yóudìqūhào

邮递区号

[郵遞區號]

ZIP code
postal code

línghàobìngrén

零号病人

[零號病人]

(epidemiology) patient zero

shūxiěfúhào

书写符号

[書寫符號]

writing symbol

dīyīndàhào

低音大号

[低音大號]

bass tuba
euphonium

Jiālìlüèhào

伽利略号

[伽利略號]

Galileo, American robotic spacecraft launched to Jupiter in 1989, orbiting the planet 1995-2003

jiǎomiǎofúhào

角秒符号

[角秒符號]

double prime symbol (″) (math., linguistics etc)

diànhuàxìnhào

电话信号

[電話信號]

telephone signal

sānhàomùgān

三号木杆

[三號木桿]

spoon (golf)

èrhàorénwù

二号人物

[二號人物]

second best person
second-rate person

jiǎofēnfúhào

角分符号

[角分符號]

prime symbol (′) (math., linguistics etc)

dǎxiǎngmínghào

打响名号

[打響名號]

to become well-known

sìhàodiànchí

四号电池

[四號電池]

AAA battery (Tw)
PRC equivalent: 七號電池／七号电池 (qīhàodiànchí)

qiánxìnhàodēng

前信号灯

[前信號燈]

car front indicator

tǒngyībiānhào

统一编号

[統一編號]

(Tw) the VAT identification number of a business or organization

bōhàoliánjiē

拨号连接

[撥號連接]

dial-up connection
dial-up networking

fāngtóukuòhào

方头括号

[方頭括號]

lenticular brackets (【】 or 〖〗)

lángháoguǐkū

狼号鬼哭

[狼號鬼哭]

lit. wolves howling, devils groaning (idiom); pathetic screams

èrhàodiànchí

二号电池

[二號電池]

C size battery (Tw)
PRC equivalent: 三號電池／三号电池 (sānhàodiànchí)

gōngsī-hánghào

公司行号

[公司行號]

(Tw) companies; businesses

mónǐxìnhào

模拟信号

[模擬信號]

analog signal

Kōngjūn Yīhào

空军一号

[空軍一號]

Air Force One, US presidential jet

qīhàodiànchí

七号电池

[七號電池]

AAA battery (PRC)
Taiwan equivalent: 四號電池／四号电池 (sìhàodiànchí)

tíjīháohán

啼饥号寒

[啼饑號寒]

hunger cries and cold roars (idiom); wretched poverty

xiǎngyìnghàozhào

响应号召

[響應號召]

to answer a call to action

zhùyīnfúhào

注音符号

[注音符號]

Mandarin phonetic symbols (MPS), phonetic alphabet for Chinese used esp. in Taiwan, also known colloquially as Bopomofo (after the first four letters of the alphabet:ㄅㄆㄇㄈ)

Tiǎozhànzhě Hào

挑战者号

[挑戰者號]