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号手

號手
hàoshǒu
noun #31,001

Meanings

  1. 1 bugler
  2. 2 trumpeter
  3. 3 horn player

Examples

天还没亮，号手就吹响了起床号。
Tiān hái méi liàng, hàoshǒu jiù chuīxiǎng le qǐchuáng hào.
Before daybreak, the bugler had already sounded reveille.
他是乐队里最好的号手。
Tā shì yuèduì lǐ zuì hǎo de hàoshǒu.
He's the best horn player in the band.

Tips

usage
号 here means 'horn/bugle' (as in 军号 jūnhào, military bugle) rather than 'number.' The suffix 手 marks a person skilled at the activity, like in 歌手 (singer), 选手 (player/contestant), 助手 (assistant).

Stroke Order

号 hào
手 shǒu