Word information
Simplified旗号
Traditional旗號
Pinyinqí hào
Part of speechDictionary
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Chinese word dictionary
旗号
qí hào · military banner (often used figuratively, usually pejoratively, to mean "pretext" or "ostensible purpose"); flag signal; semaphore
Character breakdown
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How to learn 旗号
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号hào
ordinal number; day of a month; mark; sign; business establishment; size; ship suffix; horn (wind instrument); bugle call; assumed name; to take a pulse; classifier used to indicate number of people
号码hàomǎnumber; CL:堆[dui1],個|个[ge4]
信号xìnhàosignal
挂号guàhàoto register (at a hospital etc); to send by registered mail
账号zhànghàoaccount number; account; username
称号chēnghàoname; term of address; title