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候

hòu

HSK 1 Character

What 候 means

1. to wait
2. to inquire after
3. to watch
4. season
5. climate
6. oldperiod of five days

Example sentences

• 请稍候。
  Qǐng shāo hòu.
  Please hold the line a moment.
• 到时候见。
  Dàoshíhòu jiàn.
  See you then.
• 什幺时候？
  When?
• 什么时候？
  When?
• 请在线稍候。
  Please hold the line a moment.
• 他问候了你。
  He asked after you.

Words starting with 候

• 候选hòu xuǎncandidate (attributive)
• 候选人hòu xuǎn réncandidate
• 候车室hòu chē shìwaiting room (for train, bus etc)
• 候鸟hòu niǎomigratory bird
• 候审hòu shěnawaiting trial
• 候车hòu chēto wait for a train or bus
• 候补hòu bǔto wait to fill a vacancy; reserve (candidate); alternate
• 候机楼hòu jī lóuairport terminal
• 候机厅hòu jī tīngairport lounge
• 候任hòu rèn-elect; designate; (i.e. elected or appointed but not yet installed)
• 候场hòu chǎng(of an actor, athlete etc) to prepare to make one's entrance; to wait in the wings
• 候命hòu mìngto await orders; to be on call
• 候补名单hòu bǔ míng dānwaiting list
• 候缺hòu quēwaiting for a vacancy
• 候乘hòu chéngto wait for a train or bus
• 候风地动仪hòu fēng dì dòng yíthe world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 张衡
• 候驾hòu jiàto await (your) gracious presence
• 候诊hòu zhěnwaiting to see a doctor; awaiting treatment
• 候诊室hòu zhěn shìwaiting room (at clinic, hospital)
• 候虫hòu chóngseasonal insect (e.g. cicada)
• 候车亭hòu chē tíngbus shelter

Words containing 候

• 时候shí houtime; length of time; moment
• 气候qì hòu(meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs)
• 等候děng hòuto wait; to wait for
• 问候wèn hòuto give one's respects; to send a greeting; (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to…
• 伺候cì houto serve; to wait upon
• 有时候yǒu shí housometimes
• 那时候nà shí houat that time
• 小时候xiǎo shí houin one's childhood
• 到时候dào shí hòuwhen the moment comes; at that time
• 有的时候yǒu de shí hòusometimes; at times
• 守候shǒu hòuto wait for; to expect; to keep watch
• 火候huǒ houheat control; (fig.) mastery; (fig.) crucial moment
• 侍候shì hòuto serve; to wait upon
• 古时候gǔ shí houin ancient times; in olden days
• 全天候quán tiān hòuall-weather; 24-hour
• 恭候gōng hòuto look forward to sth; to wait respectfully
• 稍候shāo hòuto wait a moment
• 静候jìng hòuto wait quietly; to await (news, a reply etc)
• 听候tīng hòuto wait for (orders, a decision, a judgment)
• 天候tiān hòuweather
• 物候wù hòunatural phenomena of a seasonal nature
• 大气候dà qì hòuatmosphere
• 小气候xiǎo qì hòumicroclimate; fig. local situation
• 气候学qì hòu xuéclimatology

Characters that look like 候

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 埃āidust; dirt; angstrom
• 偿chángto repay; to compensate for; to recompense
• 恢huī(bound form) vast; expansive; (bound form) to restore; to recover
• 侯hóumarquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位; nobleman…
• 狼lángwolf
• 俟qíused in 万俟

Sounds the same

Read hòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 后empress; queen; (archaic) monarch
• 厚thick; deep or profound; kind
• 侯used in 闽侯
• 逅used in 邂逅
• 鲎horseshoe crab
• 堠mounds for beacons
• 垕thick
• 豞grunting of pigs
• 鄇place name
• 郈surname Hou; place name
• 鲘see 鳠