外号 meaning in English

wàihào

nickname

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 外號10 strokes

Meaning of 外号

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

wàihào
  1. nickname

外号 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ的de外wài号hào真zhēn可kě爱ài。
Your nickname is quite lovely.
汤tāng姆mǔ给gěi玛mǎ丽lì起qǐ的de外wài号hào。
Tom gave Mary that nickname.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

外 wài · outside · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

号 hào · to call out · 5 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5

Related words

Words that share a character with 外号.

外国wàiguóforeign country
国外guó wàiabroad; external (affairs)
外边wàibianoutside; outer surface
外语wàiyǔforeign language
信号xìnhàosignal
以外yǐwàiapart from; other than
外卖wàimài(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal; takeout (business)
外地wàidìparts of the country other than where one is
外面wàimiànoutside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense); surface
另外lìngwàiadditional; in addition
意外yìwàiunexpected; accident
外交wàijiāodiplomacy; diplomatic

Questions about 外号

What does 外号 mean?

外号 (wàihào) means "nickname" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 外号?

外号 is made of 2 characters: 外 (5 strokes), 号 (5 strokes). That is 10 strokes in total.

Is 外号 an HSK word?

Yes. 外号 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 外号 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 外号 is written 外號.