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伺候

cì hou

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

伺候 (cì hou) means "to serve; to wait upon". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 伺候 means

1. to serve; to wait upon

The characters in 伺候

• 伺cìused in 伺候
• 候hòuto wait; to inquire after; to watch

Example sentences

• 她又哭又笑又闹，真难伺候。
  Tā yòu kū yòu xiào yòu nào, zhēn náncìhou.
  She is crying, smiling and shouting; it's hard to watch.

Words containing 伺候

• 难伺候nán cì hou(colloquial) hard to please; high-maintenance

Where 伺候 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · cì–dā (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read cì hou correctly.
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