候 (hòu)
to wait/time/season/condition
How 候 is written
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 亻 — human
- Traditional
- 候
- Simplified
- 候 (unchanged)
Components
- 亻 human
- 丨 line
- 矢 arrow
Common words using 候
- 時候 shíhou
- time; length of time; moment
- 伺候 cìhòu
- to serve; to wait upon
- 問候 wènhòu
- to give one's respects; to send a greeting
- 守候 shǒuhòu
- to wait for; to expect; to keep watch
- 小時候 xiǎoshíhou
- in one's childhood
- 有時候 yǒushíhou
- sometimes
- 有的時候 yǒudeshíhòu
- sometimes; at times
- 等候 děnghòu
- to wait; to wait for
- 侍候 shìhòu
- to serve; to wait upon
- 候機廳 hòujītīng
- airport departure terminal
- 候機樓 hòujīlóu
- airport departure terminal
- 候補 hòubǔ
- to wait to fill a vacancy; reserve (candidate); alternate
候 in a sentence
你什麼時候有空？
Nǐ shénme shíhòu yǒu kòng?
“When are you free?”
How common is 候?
候 is the 341st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 67.5% of all running text.
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