hào zi
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  • 1

    n.a work song sung to synchronize movements, with one person leading

    • hào zi hǎn de zhèn tiān jià xiǎng

      号子震天价响

      The working song rattled the heavens.

    • hǎn hào zi

      号子

      sing a chant

    • chuán fū yī biān huá jiǎng yī biān hǎn hào zi

      船夫一边划桨一边号子

      The boatman accompany the stroke of his oars with the sound of his voice.

  • 2

    n.prison; cell; jail

    • tā men zài hào zi lǐ jiāo shàng le péng you

      他们号子朋友

      They became friends while jailed.

    • nǐ hái xiǎng huí hào zi lǐ qù zài guò sān shí tiān ma

      号子三十

      Would you like to look back in your cell for 30 more days for it?

    • wǒ hái méi bǎ zhè jiān hào zi chǔ lǐ wán ne

      号子处理

      I'm not done shaking this cell down yet.

  • 3

    n.dialmark; sign; signal

    • zhuāng bō li qì mǐn de xiāng zi shang dǎ yǒu hào zi

      玻璃器皿箱子号子

      There are signs on the boxes containing glassware.