候 — Chinese character
候
hòu
to wait, to expect; to visit; to greet
- Pinyin
- hòu
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 亻 矦
- Formation
- pictophonetic — person; meaning component 亻; sound component 矦
- Japanese
- 候 as a kanji
Common words with 候
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 时候 (時候) | shí hou | time; length of time |
| 候选人 (候選人) | hòu xuǎn rén | candidate; measure word: 名 (míng) |
| 气候 (氣候) | qì hòu | (meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) |
| 有时候 (有時候) | yǒu shí hou | sometimes |
| 小时候 (小時候) | xiǎo shí hou | in one's childhood |
| 到时候 (到時候) | dào shí hòu | when the moment comes; at that time |
| 问候 (問候) | wèn hòu | to give one's respects; to send a greeting |
| 等候 | děng hòu | to wait; to wait for |
| 候选 (候選) | hòu xuǎn | candidate (attributive) |
| 候补 (候補) | hòu bǔ | to wait to fill a vacancy; reserve (candidate) |
| 伺候 | cì hou | to serve; to wait upon |
| 全天候 | quán tiān hòu | all-weather; 24-hour |
English words written with 候
候 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Zhuangzi 1
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.