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侍候

shì hòu

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

侍候 (shì hòu) means "to serve; to wait upon". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 侍候 means

1. to serve
2. to wait upon

The characters in 侍候

• 侍shìto serve; to attend upon
• 候hòuto wait; to inquire after; to watch

Sounds the same

Read shì hòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 事后after the event; in hindsight; in retrospect

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