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等候

děng hòu

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

等候 (děng hòu) means "to wait (more formal)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 等候 means

1. to wait
2. to wait for

The characters in 等候

• 等děngto wait for; to await; by the time; when; till; and so on; etc.; et al.
• 候hòuto wait; to inquire after; to watch

Example sentences

• 他在汽车站等候。
  He is waiting at the Greyhound station.
• 许多人在排队等候。
  Many people were waiting in line.
• 请在一米线外等候。
  Please wait one meter away.
• 汤姆在医院的等候室。
  Tāngmǔ zài yīyuàn de děnghòu shì.
  Tom is in the hospital waiting room.
• 等候室里有五位患者。
  There are five patients in the waiting room.
• 请耐心等候检查的结果。
  Please wait until we get the results of the examination.

Where 等候 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Actions & Everyday Interactions (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read děng hòu correctly.
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