"候" • Chinese-English Dictionary

DICTIONARY OPTIONS
CHARACTERS : Simplified Traditional
PHONETIC : Pinyin Bopomofo EFEO Wade-Giles Yale
» Search by Radical
Trad.
Radical
Radical
(Bushou)
Strokes 2
Composition
Strokes 10
Structure
Decomp. 亻丨ユ矢
+
Prononciation
Mandarin hòu
Entry Methods
Pinyin hou4
Kanji /
Cangjie
OLNK
人中弓乂
Sijiao 2723.4
Wubi WHND
CNS 11643 1-5437
Encodages (hexa)
Unicode U+5019
GB2312 BAF2
BIG5 ADD4
 hòu to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days
Results beginning with 候
 hòu xuǎn candidate (attributive)
 hòu niǎo migratory bird
 hòu bǔ to wait to fill a vacancy / reserve (candidate) / alternate / substitute
 hòu shěn awaiting trial
 hòu zhěn waiting to see a doctor / awaiting treatment
 hòu chǎng (of an actor, athlete etc) to prepare to make one's entrance / to wait in the wings
 hòu chéng to wait for a train or bus
 hòu chóng seasonal insect (e.g. cicada)
 hòu jià to await (your) gracious presence
 hòu mìng to await orders / to be on call
 hòu quē waiting for a vacancy
 hòu rèn -elect / designate / (i.e. elected or appointed but not yet installed)
» MORE
 hòu xuǎn rén candidate / CL:名[ming2]
 hòu chē shì waiting room (for train, bus etc)
 hòu jī lóu airport terminal
 hòu chē tíng bus shelter
 hòu jī tīng airport lounge
 hòu zhěn shì waiting room (at clinic, hospital)
  candidate country
 hòu bǔ fǎ guān alternate judge
 hòu bǔ míng dān waiting list
 hòu bǔ mì shū alternate secretary
 hòu bǔ jiàn zhèng rén Alternate Certifying Officer
 hòu fēng dì dòng yí the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 張衡|张衡[Zhang1 Heng2] in 132
 hòu bǔ shì jiè shuǐ lùn tán Alternative World Water Forum
 hòu xuǎn rén yù xuǎn míng cè pre-screened roster
Approximate Results for 候
 shí hou time / length of time / moment / period
 qì hòu climate / atmosphere / situation / CL:種|种[zhong3]
 děng hòu to wait / to wait for
 wèn hòu to give one's respects / to send a greeting / (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking)
 shǒu hòu to wait for / to expect / to keep watch / to watch over / to nurse
 cì hòu to serve / to wait upon
 huǒ hòu heat control / maturity / crucial moment
 gōng hòu to look forward to sth / to wait respectfully
 shì hòu to serve / to wait upon
 jìng hòu to quietly wait
 shāo hòu to wait a moment
 chì hòu to reconnoiter / to scout / scout
 tīng hòu to wait for (orders, a decision, a judgment)
 zhèng hòu illness / disease
 zhēng hòu sign / indication / symptom
 wù hòu natural phenomena of a seasonal nature
 hú hòu to respectfully await / to look forward to
 huǒ hou heat control / (fig.) mastery / (fig.) crucial moment
 jié hòu season / time of year
 jì hòu season
 lún hòu to wait one's turn
 sì hòu to wait (literary)
 tiān hòu weather
 xiè hòu to thank sb for favor or hospitality
» MORE
 yǒu shí hou sometimes
 nà shí hou at that time
 xiǎo shí hou in one's childhood
 dào shí hòu when the moment comes / at that time
 quán tiān hòu all-weather
 gǔ shí hou in ancient times / in olden days
 zhèng hòu qún syndrome
 dà qì hòu atmosphere
 xiǎo qì hòu microclimate / fig. local situation
 qì hòu xué climatology
  climatic
  varve
  climatological station
 de shí hòu when / during / at the time of
 gǔ qì hòu palaeoclimate
 nán cì hou (coll.) hard to please / high-maintenance
 qì hòu dài climatic zone
 qì hòu qū climatic region
 qì hòu tú climagram
 qì hòu wǎng Climate Network
 qì hòu zhì climatography
 wù hòu xué the study of seasonal phenomena (flouring, migration etc)
 shén me shí hou when? / at what time?
 yǒu de shí hòu sometimes / at times
 qì hòu biàn huà climate change
 qǔ bǎo hòu shěn release from custody, subject to provision of a surety, pending investigation (PRC)
 guò shí bù hòu being late is not acceptable (idiom)
  social climate
  climate applications
  climate watch
  climate refugee
  climatic divide
  climate threshold
  climate monitoring
  site climate
  climate response
  climate diagnostic
  climatic element
  climatic factors
  dry weather condition
  climatic stress
  weatherproof
 bǎo hù qì hòu conservation of climate
 bǎo wài hòu shěn pre-trial release / release pending trial / provisional release from custody
 cóng nà shí hòu from that time on / since then
 dài qì qì hòu atmospheric climate
 děng hòu pāo máo holding anchorage
 fú shè qì hòu radiation climate
 gǔ qì hòu xué paleoclimatology
 hú hòu huí yīn to respectfully await sb's reply (idiom)
 qì hòu bǎo hù climate protection
 qì hòu fǎn kuì climate feedback
 qì hòu fù wù climate services
 qì hòu jì lù climate record
 qì hòu jǐng bào climate alert
 qì hòu jù píng climatic anomaly
 qì hòu kòng zhì climate control / climatic control
 qì hòu mó xíng climate simulation model / climate model
 qì hòu mú shì climate simulation model / climate model
 qì hòu nuǎn huà climate warming
 qì hòu tū biàn climate flip
 qì hòu tú jí climatic atlas
 qì hòu wēn hé moderate climate
 qì hòu xiàn zhì climatic stress
 qì hòu xì tǒng climate system
 qì hòu xué jiā a climatologist
 qì hòu xún huán climate cycle
 qì hòu yì cháng climatic anomaly
 qì hòu yì chéng Climate Agenda
 qì hòu yù bào climate prediction / climate forecast
 qì hòu yù cè climate projection
 qì hòu zāi nán climatic disaster
 qì hòu zhuàng kuàng climatic conditions / atmospheric conditions
 quán qiú qì hòu global climate
 qū lěng qì hòu cooling / a cold spell
 shì nèi qì hòu indoor climate
 shuǐ wén qì hòu hydroclimate
 wēn shì qì hòu greenhouse climate
 xiǎo shí hou r erhua variant of 小時候|小时候[xiao3 shi2 hou5]
沿 yán hǎi qì hòu coastal climate
 yíng yè shí hou opening hours (shop, bank, restaurant)
 yún qì hòu xué cloud climatology
 zhèng zhì qì hòu political climate
 dà lù xìng qì hòu continental climate
 hǎi yáng xìng qì hòu maritime climate
  agroclimatic
  climate observing station
  mesoclimate
  climate neutral
  precipitation climatology
  aeronautical climatology
  palaeoclimatic reconstruction
  adverse weather capability
 chéng bu liǎo qì hòu won't get far / unlikely to be successful
 chéng shì qì hòu xué urban climatology
 dào nà gè shí hòu until this moment
 dì sì jì qì hòu Quaternary climate
 fēi zhōu qì hòu wǎng Climate Network Africa
 gǔ qì hòu xué jiā palaeoclimatologist
 jiàn zhù qì hòu xué building climatology
 míng cè hòu xuǎn rén roster candidate
 nài qì hòu zuò wù climate-resistant crop
 nèi bù hòu xuǎn rén internal candidate
 nián lún qì hòu xué dendroclimatology / tree-ring climatology
 nóng yè qì hòu xué agroclimatology
 qì hòu mǐn gǎn xìng climate sensitivity
 qì hòu shì yí qī optimum / climatic optimum
 qì hòu zhǐ shì wù climate indicator
 qì hòu zuò yòng lì climate forcing / radiative forcing
 quán tiān hòu dào lù all-weather road
 quán tiān hòu lù miàn all-weather surface
 shēng wù qì hòu xué bioclimatology
 shì jiè hòu niǎo rì World Migratory Bird Day
 tiān qì qì hòu xué synoptic climatology
  climate neutrality initiative
  climate data centre
  Dialogue on Water and Climate
  climate technology mechanism
  Commission for Climatology
  Climate Analysis Centre
  international climate convention
  climate friendly
  Responding to Climate Change
  Climate Technology Initiative
  transient climate response
使  Special Envoy of the Secretary-General on Climate Change / Special Envoy on Climate Change
Chinese Tones