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hào

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hào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hào | hao4
English translation
bright, luminous; clear; hoary

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About hào

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Number of strokes

12

Traditional form

hào

Contains the radical

Bái

Part of speech

Other proper nouns / 其他专名 Qítā zhuān míng

Learning hint

white

Etymology of hào

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

白告

Semantic compound

Bái

Phonetic compound

gào

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. Bái represents the meaning and gào represents the sound. Simplified form of gǎo .

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Example sentences using hào

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ā , niè 齿 chǐ lèi de 女性 nǚ xìng , de hào 齿多 ài táng ā .

O nibbling sex, your pretty little white teeth adore sugar.

Words with hào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
hào bright hào
明眸皓齿 míng móu hào chǐ to have bright eyes and white teeth明眸皓齒
皓首 hào shǒu white head of hair皓首 hào shǒu
皓齿 hào chǐ white teeth (symbol of youth and beauty)皓齒
皓白 hào bái snow-white皓白 hào bái
皓齿明眸 hào chǐ míng móu white teeth and bright eyes (idiom); lovely young woman皓齒明眸
皓首苍颜 hào shǒu cāng yán white hair and gray sunken cheeks (idiom); decrepit old age皓首蒼顏
皓齿朱唇 hào chǐ zhū chún white teeth and vermilion lips (idiom); lovely young woman皓齒硃唇

hào Decomposition & Compounds

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