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账号 (zhàng hào) — account (bank or online account); username (login name)

Definition

账号 means 'account' or 'username' for logging in to a website or app. Compared to 账户, it emphasizes the login/username side rather than a bank account.

noun
account (bank or online account)username (login name)
Measure word · 个

Examples

  • 账号。
    Wǒ zài yín háng kāi le yí gè zhàng hào.
    I opened an account at the bank.
  • 账号。
    Qǐng jì zhù nǐ de zhàng hào mì mǎ.
    Please remember your account password.
  • 账号。
    Zhè ge wǎng zhàn xū yào nǐ zhù cè yí gè zhàng hào.
    This website requires you to register an account.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

账zhàngaccount
号hàonumber/identifier

账 refers to accounts and 号 to a number or identifier, together meaning an account number.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 賬; 账 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
貝貝bèishell
Sound part声符shēngfú
長
長cháng賬
Same sound today

In the traditional form 賬, 貝 is a shell and 長 is used for the sound; the simplified 账 is a later shorthand, not the historical shape.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

  • 口口kǒumouth
  • 丂丂kǎoexhaled air; a tiger's cry

The shape 号 comes from 口, a mouth, and 丂, exhaled air or a tiger's cry.

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Appears in
HSK 3.0 Level 5Computers & InternetFinance & Banking

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