候 hòu

1. hòu verb to wait
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 等待 (Guoyu '候' v 2; Unihan '候'; XHZD '候' 1)
2. hòu verb to watch; to observe
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 诊察 (Guoyu '候' v 5; Unihan '候'; XHZD '候' 3)
3. hòu verb to visit
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 探望 (Guoyu '候' v 3; Unihan '候'; XHZD '候' 2)
4. hòu noun time; season
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 时间 or 时节 (Guoyu '候' n 1; XHZD '候' 4)
5. hòu noun state; condition
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 情况 (Guoyu '候' n 1; XHZD '候' 5)
6. hòu verb to investigate
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 侦察 (Guoyu '候'v 1)
7. hòu verb to attend to; to care for; to serve
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 服侍 (Guoyu '候' v 4)
8. hòu verb to divine
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 占卜 (Guoyu '候' v 6)
9. hòu verb to pay
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Dialect
   Notes: Northern dialect; in the sense of 支付 (Guoyu '候' v 7)

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• 腕隧道症候群 carpal tunnel syndrome (pain in the hands due to pressure on the median nerve)
• 全球气候升温(全球氣候升溫) global warming
• 羁候(羈候) to keep in custody
• 听候(聽候) to wait for (orders, a decision, a judgment)
• 迎候 to go out to welcome
• 轮候(輪候) to wait one's turn
• 候命 to await orders; to be on call
• 候机楼(候機樓) airport terminal
• 古时候(古時候) in ancient times; in olden days
• 占候 to foretell based on the weather
• 节候(節候) season; time of year
• 气候(氣候) climate ; a solar term ; situation
• 占候吉凶 to predict good or evil based on the weather
• 季风气候(季風氣候) monsoon climate
• 季候风(季候風) monsoon
• 半干旱气候(半乾旱氣候) semi-arid climate
• 干燥气候(乾燥氣候) arid climate
• 营业时候(營業時候) opening hours (shop, bank, restaurant)
• 症候 illness; disease ; symptoms [of a disease] condition
• 海洋性气候(海洋性氣候) maritime climate
• 海洋气候(海洋氣候) oceanic climate
• 小时候儿(小時候兒) childhood
• 候选人(候選人) a candidate
• 高山气候(高山氣候) alpine climate
• 候场(候場) (of an actor, athlete etc) to prepare to make one's entrance; to wait in the wings
• 寒带气候(寒帶氣候) polar climate
• 火候 heat control; maturity; crucial moment
• 过时不候(過時不候) being late is not acceptable
• 大气候(大氣候) atmosphere
• 洁盃候敘(潔盃候敘) having cleaned the wine cups, waiting for conversation
• 侍候 to look after
• 全球气候变暖(全球氣候變暖) global warming
• 代谢症候群(代謝症候群) metabolic syndrome
• 气候暖化(氣候暖化) climate warming
• 候诊(候診) waiting to see a doctor; awaiting treatment
• 守候 to wait for; to expect; to keep watch; to watch over; to nurse
• 小时候(小時候) in one's childhood
• 祗候 to wait respectfully ; Zhihou ; attendant; servant
• 伺候 to serve; to act as a valet ; to observe
• 有的时候(有的時候) sometimes; at times
• 征候(徵候) a sign; a symptom
• 恭候 to look forward to something; to wait respectfully
• 气候学家(氣候學家) a climatologist
• 小气候(小氣候) microclimate; fig. local situation
• 物候学(物候學) the study of seasonal phenomena (flouring, migration etc)
• 候车亭(候車亭) a bus stop
• 时候(時候) a time; a season; a period ; time ; one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day ; a specific period of time
• 候车室(候車室) waiting room

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Collocations

• 候人 (候人) 候人 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧曹‧候人 Lessons from the states - Odes of Cao - Hou Ren — count: 9
• 昭候 (昭候) 昭候能術 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 外儲說右上第三十四 Chapter 34: A Collection of Sayings V — count: 8
• 候神 (候神) 東使候神於太室 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 8
• 候曰 (候曰) 魏文候曰 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 說林下第二十三 Chapter 23: Collections of Persuasions II — count: 7
• 文候 (文候) 文候謂堵師贊曰 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 說林上第二十二 Chapter 22: Collections of Persuasions I — count: 6
• 候伺 (候伺) 盧綰與數千騎居塞下候伺 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu — count: 5
• 使候 (使候) 使候出諸轘轅 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 5
• 候在 (候在) 候在太白 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《天官書》 Astronomy — count: 5
• 谨候 (謹候) 以謹候望適人 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十四 備穴 Book 14 - Preparation against Tunnelling — count: 5
• 候星 (候星) 候星 — Huainanzi 淮南子, 卷十五　兵略訓 Chapter 15: Military Planning — count: 4