候 [hou4]

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汉字：候／拼音：hou4

候

hòu	to wait/ to inquire after/ to watch/ season/ climate/ (old) period of five days

（候）的使用实例：

简体	繁体	拼音	英文
不到火候不揭锅	不到火候不揭鍋	bu4 dao4 huo3 hou4 bu4 jie1 guo1	don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
中国餐馆症候群	中國餐館症候群	Zhong1 guo2 can1 guan3 zheng4 hou4 qun2	Chinese restaurant syndrome
什么时候	什麼時候	shen2 me5 shi2 hou5	when?/ at what time?
伺候	伺候	ci4 hou4	to serve/ to wait upon
侍候	侍候	shi4 hou4	to serve/ to wait upon
俟候	俟候	si4 hou4	to wait (literary)
候	候	hou4	to wait/ to inquire after/ to watch/ season/ climate/ (old) period of five days
候乘	候乘	hou4 cheng2	to wait for a train or bus
候任	候任	hou4 ren4	-elect/ designate/ (i.e. elected or appointed but not yet installed)
候命	候命	hou4 ming4	to await orders/ to be on call
候场	候場	hou4 chang3	(of an actor, athlete etc) to prepare to make one's entrance/ to wait in the wings
候审	候審	hou4 shen3	awaiting trial
候机厅	候機廳	hou4 ji1 ting1	airport lounge
候机楼	候機樓	hou4 ji1 lou2	airport terminal
候缺	候缺	hou4 que1	waiting for a vacancy
候虫	候蟲	hou4 chong2	seasonal insect (e.g. cicada)
候补	候補	hou4 bu3	to wait to fill a vacancy/ reserve (candidate)/ alternate/ substitute
候补名单	候補名單	hou4 bu3 ming2 dan1	waiting list
候诊	候診	hou4 zhen3	waiting to see a doctor/ awaiting treatment
候诊室	候診室	hou4 zhen3 shi4	waiting room (at clinic, hospital)
候车亭	候車亭	hou4 che1 ting2	bus shelter
候车室	候車室	hou4 che1 shi4	waiting room (for train, bus etc)
候选	候選	hou4 xuan3	candidate (attributive)
候选人	候選人	hou4 xuan3 ren2	candidate/ CL:名[ming2]
候风地动仪	候風地動儀	hou4 feng1 di4 dong4 yi2	the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 张衡 in 132
候驾	候駕	hou4 jia4	to await (your) gracious presence
候鸟	候鳥	hou4 niao3	migratory bird
全天候	全天候	quan2 tian1 hou4	all-weather
全球气候	全球氣候	quan2 qiu2 qi4 hou4	global climate
全球气候升温	全球氣候升溫	quan2 qiu2 qi4 hou4 sheng1 wen1	global warming

还有更多的使用实例被省略掉了。

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