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xìnhào

信号xìnhàoxìnhào
signal
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Usages of xìnhào

这里zhèli　的de　信号xìnhào　不bú　太tài　好hǎo，　手机shǒujī　有时候yǒushíhou　会huì　自己zìjǐ　关机guānjī。zhèli de xìnhào bú tài hǎo, shǒujī yǒushíhou huì zìjǐ guānjī.
The signal here isn’t very good, and sometimes the phone turns itself off.
要不是yàobúshì　这里zhèli　的de　信号xìnhào　不bú　太tài　好hǎo，　我wǒ　也yě　不会búhuì　一会儿yíhuìr　关机guānjī，　一会儿yíhuìr　又yòu　开机kāijī。yàobúshì zhèli de xìnhào bú tài hǎo, wǒ yě búhuì yíhuìr guānjī, yíhuìr yòu kāijī.
If it weren’t for the signal being so bad here, I wouldn’t be turning the phone off and on again and again.
路由器lùyóuqì　没有méiyǒu　信号xìnhào。lùyóuqì méiyǒu xìnhào.
The router has no signal.
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