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hòu

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hòu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hòu | hou4
English translation
to wait
to inquire after
to watch
season
climate
(old) period of five days
to wait, to expect; to visit; to greet

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About hòu

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

hòu

Contains the radical

rén

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

person

Etymology of hòu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

亻矦

Semantic compound

rén

Phonetic compound

hóu

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and hóu represents the sound.

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Example sentences using hòu

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他们 tā men hǎo 壕沟 háo gōu ,等候 děnghòu 敌人 dírén 进攻 jìngōng .

They dug in and waited for the enemy's attack.

de 时候 shíhou huì 7-11 mǎi guàn chá .

When you're thirsty, you go to 7 - 11 for a box of tea.

这个 zhè ge 时候 shíhou 感到 gǎn dào yòu yòu 饿 è .

By this time he felt both thirsty a hungry.

那天 nà tiān 晚上 wǎnshang 早些 zǎo xiē 时候 shíhou 的确 díquè shì chī le tài duō xiāng 咖喱 gā lí le .

He did have too much spiced curry chicken earlier that evening.

这时候 de 心情 xīnqíng ,至多 zhì duō zhǐ Néng shuì shì 略有 fēn 同情 tóngqíng 而已 éryǐ .

By now he had stirred at best only a partial sympathy.

Words with hòu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
时候 shíhou time時候
有时候 yǒu shí hou sometimes有時候
小时候 xiǎo shí hou in one's childhood小時候
气候 qìhòu climate氣候
hòu to wait hòu
候选人 hòu xuǎn rén candidate候選人
问候 wènhòu to give one's respects問候
等候 děnghòu to wait等候 děnghòu
到时候 dào shí hòu at that time到時候
守候 shǒu hòu to wait for守候 shǒu hòu
有的时候 yǒu de shí hòu sometimes有的時候
伺候 cìhòu to serve伺候 cìhòu
候选 hòuxuǎn candidate (attributive)候選
全天候 quán tiān hòu all-weather全天候 quán tiān hòu
候补 hòu bǔ alternate候補
火候 huǒ hòu heat control火候 huǒ hòu
恭候 gōng hòu to look forward to sth恭候 gōng hòu
候车室 hòu chē shì waiting room (for train, bus etc)候車室
侍候 shì hòu to serve侍候 shì hòu
取保候审 qǔ bǎo hòu shěn release from custody, subject to provision of a surety, pending investigation (PRC)取保候審
静候 jìng hòu to quietly wait靜候
听候 tīng hòu to wait for (orders, a decision, a judgment)聽候
症候 zhèng hòu illness症候 zhèng hòu

hòu Decomposition & Compounds

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hòu Decomposition

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