候
Meanings
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- 1.to wait
- 2.to inquire after
- 3.to watch
- 4.season
- 5.climate
- 6.(old) period of five days
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Wiktionary
- 1.to reconnoitre; to scout
- 2.to observe; to survey
- 3.to wait for; to await
- 4.to respectfully await
- 5.to visit; to send one's respects to
- 6.to wait on; to attend to; to take care of
- 7.to forecast; to predict (by divination)
- 8.scout; lookout; vanguard
- 9.official
- 10.posthouse; station
- 11.pentad (ancient time unit composed of five days)
- 12.climate; season
- 13.omen; sign; portent
- 14.to examine (pulse)
- 15.medical sign and symptom
- 16.to pay for (a bill)
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *ɡoːs): semantic 亻 + phonetic 矦 (OC *ɡoː), as 𠊱. The 矦 component (here in modified form where the first 丿 stroke is omitted and the second 丿 stroke is written as a 丨 stroke) is an ancient form of 侯 (hóu).
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
到時候見。
See you then.
他問候了你。
He asked after you.
你什麼時候離開？
When will you leave?
你什麼時候讀書？
When do you study?
什麼時候發生的？
When did it happen?
你什麼時候離開？
When are you leaving?
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Derived terms
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