挂号 meaning in English

guàhào

to register (at a hospital etc); to send by registered mail

HSK 7-9Traditional 掛號14 strokes

Meaning of 挂号

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

guàhào
  1. to register (at a hospital etc)
  2. to send by registered mail

挂号 in example sentences

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

请qǐng用yòng挂guà号hào寄jì这zhè个ge。
Please send this by registered mail.
寄jì挂guà号hào吗ma?
By registered letter?
我wǒ想xiǎng要yào用yòng挂guà号hào寄jì这zhè封fēng信xìn。
I want to have this letter registered.

Stroke order for each character

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

挂 guà · to hang · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

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 挂号.

信号xìnhàosignal
号码hàomǎnumber
符号fúhàosymbol; mark; sign
型号xínghàomodel (particular version of a manufactured article); type (product specification in terms
括号kuòhàoparentheses; brackets
口号kǒuhàoslogan; catchphrase
称号chēnghàoname; term of address
号召hàozhàoto call; to appeal
车号chēhàovehicle number (license plate number, taxi number, bus number, train car number)
编号biānhàoto number; to assign numbers; serial number
代号dàihàocode name
头号tóuhàofirst rate; top rank

Questions about 挂号

What does 挂号 mean?

挂号 (guàhào) means "to register (at a hospital etc); to send by registered mail".

How do you write 挂号?

挂号 is made of 2 characters: 挂 (9 strokes), 号 (5 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 挂号 an HSK word?

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

How is 挂号 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 挂号 is written 掛號.