候 hòu
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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) -
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) -
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) -
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) -
hòu
noun
state; condition
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 情况 (Guoyu '候' n 1; XHZD '候' 5) -
hòu
verb
to investigate
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 侦察 (Guoyu '候'v 1) -
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) -
hòu
verb
to divine
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 占卜 (Guoyu '候' v 6) -
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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- 物候 natural phenomena of a seasonal nature
- 成不了气候(成不了氣候) won't get far; unlikely to be successful
- 高地气候(高地氣候) alpine climate
- 等候 to wait
- 古气候学(古氣候學) paleoclimatology
- 吉伯特氏症候群 Gilbert's syndrome
- 腕隧道症候群 carpal tunnel syndrome (pain in the hands due to pressure on the median nerve)
- 症候 illness; disease ; symptoms [of a disease] condition
- 气候学(氣候學) climatology
- 小气候(小氣候) microclimate; fig. local situation
- 静候(靜候) to quietly wait
- 草原气候(草原氣候) steppe climate
- 俟候 to wait
- 气候暖化(氣候暖化) climate warming
- 鹄候(鵠候) to respectfully await; to look forward to
- 小时候儿(小時候兒) childhood
- 古时候(古時候) in ancient times; in olden days
- 干燥气候(乾燥氣候) arid climate
- 节候(節候) season; time of year
- 按时候(按時候) according to the time; according to the season
- 候补(候補) to be a candidate
- 全球气候升温(全球氣候升溫) global warming
- 候场(候場) (of an actor, athlete etc) to prepare to make one's entrance; to wait in the wings
- 中国餐馆症候群(中國餐館症候群) Chinese restaurant syndrome
- 候车亭(候車亭) a bus stop
- 占候 to foretell based on the weather
- 气候温和(氣候溫和) moderate climate
- 大气候(大氣候) atmosphere
- 到时候(到時候) when the moment comes; at that time
- 全球气候变暖(全球氣候變暖) global warming
- 极地气候(極地氣候) polar climate
- 气候学家(氣候學家) a climatologist
- 候选(候選) candidate (attributive)
- 守候 to wait for; to expect; to keep watch; to watch over; to nurse
- 趁时候(趁時候) to take advantage of an opportune time
- 斥候 to reconnoiter; to scout; scout
- 轮候(輪候) to wait one's turn
- 症候群 syndrome
- 海洋性气候(海洋性氣候) maritime climate
- 候缺 waiting for a vacancy
- 候车室(候車室) waiting room
- 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
- 慢性疲勞症候群 chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)
- 沙漠气候(沙漠氣候) desert climate
- 火候 heat control; maturity; crucial moment
- 高山气候(高山氣候) alpine climate
- 候任 -elect; designate; (i.e. elected or appointed but not yet installed)
- 证候(證候) symptoms of an illness
- 诊候(診候) to medically examine
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- 卷一百九十六 志第一百四十九 兵十 Volume 196 Treatises 149: Military 10 History of Song 宋史 — count: 37
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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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 候神人 (候神人) 使卿持節設具而候神人 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor — count: 4