| 老字号 |
lǎo zì hào |
shop, firm, or brand of merchandise with a long-established reputation |
| 老 |
lǎo |
prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough |
| 字 |
zì |
letter / symbol / character / word / CL:个 / courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China |
| 字号 |
zì hào |
characters and numbers (as used in a code) / alphanumeric code / serial number |
| 字号 |
zì hao |
character size / font size / fame / reputation / shop / name of a shop |
| 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 |