| 二号人物 |
èr hào rén wù |
second best person / second-rate person |
| 二 |
èr |
two / 2 / (Beijing dialect) stupid |
| 二号 |
èr hào |
2nd day of the month |
| 号 |
háo |
(bound form) to wail; to howl |
| 号 |
hào |
(literary) to call out; to command / (bound form) bugle; trumpet / (bound form) signal; bugle call (e.g. 起床号) / (bound form) mark; sign / to mark; to label; to assign a number / (bound form) name; appellation (e.g. 国号, 年号, 辽宁号) / (after a numeral) number designation (e.g. 237號房間|237号房间 "Room 237") / day of the month (e.g. 七号 "the 7th") / (bound form) size; type; category (e.g. 五号电池) / (TCM) to feel (the pulse) (used in 号脉) / classifier for numbered people or items |
| 人 |
rén |
person; people / CL:个,位,名 |
| 人物 |
rén wù |
person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance) / character (in a play, novel etc) / (genre of traditional Chinese painting) figure painting |
| 物 |
wù |
(bound form) thing / (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself |