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háo

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háo Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
háo | hao2
English translation
to call out; to roar, to bark; to wail; to yelp

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About háo

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

háo

Contains the radical

kǒu

Part of speech

Isolated morpheme / 语素 yǔ sù Yǔsù

Learning hint

mouth

Etymology of háo

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

口皋

Semantic compound

kǒu

Phonetic compound

gāo

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Example sentences using háo

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鞭子 biān zi xiǎng ,猎狗 liè gǒu 发出 fā chū 一阵 yī zhèn háo jiào .

A hound yelped briefly as a whip cracked.

zhè gǒu duì háo jiào .

The dog snarled at me.

突然 tūrán 声嗥 jiào 划破 huá pò le 寂静 jìjìng .

A sudden howl pierced the silence.

哈克, 一定 yīdìng shì háo men , shuí ràng liǎ bào zài 一起 yīqǐ ne . ”

" Huck, he must mean us both -- we're right together. "

我们 wǒmen de gǒu 夜里 yè li Cháng háo jiào .

Our dog often howls at night.

Words with háo

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
háo to howl (like a wolf) háo
狼嗥 láng háo wolves howling狼嗥 láng háo
鬼哭狼嗥 guǐ kū láng háo to wail like ghosts and howl like wolves (idiom)鬼哭狼嗥 guǐ kū láng háo

háo Decomposition & Compounds

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