# 外号 (wàihào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 外号 (wàihào) means “nickname”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: nickname
- Pinyin: wàihào (wai4 hao4)
- Traditional: 外號
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 同学们给他起了个有趣的外号。
  Tóngxuémen gěi tā qǐle ge yǒuqù de wàihào.
  Classmates gave him a funny nickname.

## Characters

- [外](https://hanziro.com/word/wai-outside/) (wài): outside; foreign
- [号](https://hanziro.com/word/hao-day-month/) (hào): day of the month; number

https://hanziro.com/word/wai-hao-nickname/

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