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拨号盘

bō hào pándictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
telephone dial
Sources & editorial notes

Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-18bca8f57bac1c9f. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

撥號盤 拨号盘 [bo1 hao4 pan2] /telephone dial/

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Reference information

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Character information

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Other forms in these source records: 撥號盤

  • 拨
    bō

    to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc / to dial / to allocate / to set aside (money) / to poke (the fire) / to pluck (a string instrument) / to turn round / classifier: group, batch

  • 号
    háo

    (bound form) to wail / to howl

    hào

    (literary) to call out / to command / (bound form) bugle / trumpet / (bound form) signal / bugle call (e.g. 起床號|起床号[qǐ chuáng hào]) / (bound form) mark / sign / to mark / to label / to assign a number / (bound form) name / appellation (e.g. 國號|国号[guó hào], 年號|年号[nián hào], 遼寧號|辽宁号[Liáo níng Hào]) / (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间[èr sān qī hào fáng jiān] "Room 237") / day of the month (e.g. 七號|七号[qī hào] "the 7th") / (bound form) size / type / category (e.g. 五號電池|五号电池[wǔ hào diàn chí]) / (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 號脈|号脉[hào mài]) / classifier for numbered people or items

  • 盘
    pán

    tray / plate / dish / (finance) (bound form) market prices / (computing) (bound form) disk / to coil (a rope, pigtail etc) / to check / to examine / to investigate / to transfer / to sell (property) / to shift / to move (sth big and heavy) / classifier for things resembling a plate or dish / classifier for coils / classifier for games or matches (chess, table tennis etc)

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.