挂号 meaning and pronunciation

挂号
Simplified word
挂號
Traditional word

挂号 English definition

guà hào

  • to register (at a hospital)
  • to send by registered mail

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  • (guà): to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); to hang (computing); to be worried or concerned; to make a phone call (dialect); to register or record; to hitch; classifier for sets or clusters of objects; (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam);
  • (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;