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The Chinese word hou - 候 - hòu
(to wait for in Chinese)

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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

hòu

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English translations

to wait for, season, to inquire, time,
to await

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 候 ( hòu ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :

Chinese characters ( hou / hòu ) with pronunciation (English translation: to wait for )
The traditional Chinese characters of hòu are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Character complexity
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候 is composed of 10 strokes and therefore is of average complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

candidate  |  to greet somebody
候 ( hou / hòu ) belongs to the 500 most common Chinese characters (rank 354)
Chinese example words containing the character 候 ( hou / hòu )
的时候 ( de shíhòu = while ), 候车室 ( hòuchēshì = waiting room ), 候选人 ( hòuxuănrén = candidate ), 气候 ( qìhòu = climate ), 时候 ( shíhou = time ), 有时候 ( yŏu shíhou = sometimes )
Other characters that are pronounced hòu in Chinese
后 (behind) , 厚 (thick)
More words that mean to wait for in Chinese
dài ( 待 )
More words that mean season in Chinese
jì ( 季 ), jìjié ( 季节 ), tiān ( 天 )

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All words in this dictionary (more to come) were taken from the multimedia Chinese learning software Han Trainer Pro.
This Chinese-English dictionary is currently under development.

 
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