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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• 趋冷气候(趨冷氣候) cooling; a cold spell
• 大陆性气候(大陸性氣候) continental climate
• 气候暖化(氣候暖化) climate warming
• 气候变化(氣候變化) climate change
• 俟候 to wait
• 候命 to await orders; to be on call
• 候任 -elect; designate; (i.e. elected or appointed but not yet installed)
• 寒带气候(寒帶氣候) polar climate
• 高地气候(高地氣候) alpine climate
• 占候吉凶 to predict good or evil based on the weather
• 小气候(小氣候) microclimate; fig. local situation
• 火候 heat control; maturity; crucial moment
• 全球气候升温(全球氣候升溫) global warming
• 草原气候(草原氣候) steppe climate
• 赤道雨林气候(赤道雨林氣候) equatorial rain forest climate
• 诊候(診候) to medically examine
• 迎候 to go out to welcome
• 候鸟(候鳥) a migratory bird
• 候机厅(候機廳) airport lounge
• 气候温和(氣候溫和) moderate climate
• 拜候 to pay a visit; to make a call
• 小时候(小時候) in one's childhood
• 节候(節候) season; time of year
• 不到火候不揭锅(不到火候不揭鍋) don't act until the time is ripe
• 等候 to wait
• 物候 natural phenomena of a seasonal nature
• 候诊室(候診室) waiting room
• 候选(候選) candidate (attributive)
• 候选人(候選人) a candidate
• 候车亭(候車亭) a bus stop
• 高山气候(高山氣候) alpine climate
• 到那个时候(到那個時候) until this moment
• 候补(候補) to be a candidate
• 有的时候(有的時候) sometimes; at times
• 候补名单(候補名單) waiting list
• 难伺候(難伺候) hard to please; high-maintenance
• 气候状况(氣候狀況) climatic conditions; atmospheric conditions
• 那时候(那時候) at that time
• 谢候(謝候) to thank somebody for favor or hospitality
• 症候群 syndrome
• 证候(證候) symptoms of an illness
• 代谢症候群(代謝症候群) metabolic syndrome
• 到时候(到時候) when the moment comes; at that time
• 候审(候審) awaiting trial
• 候驾(候駕) to await (your) gracious presence
• 守候 to wait for; to expect; to keep watch; to watch over; to nurse
• 沙漠气候(沙漠氣候) desert climate
• 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
• 这时候(這時候) at that time

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联合国气候变化框架公约 、 斩监候

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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