候

Information about character(s)

Radical: 人
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 10

Pronunciation

Pinyin: hòu
Cantonese: hau6
JapaneseKun: SOUROU UKAGAU SABURAU
JapaneseOn: KOU
Korean: HWU
Vietnamese: hầu

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: wait; expect; visit; greet

CE-Dict: to wait/to inquire after/to watch/season/climate/(old) period of five days

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.to wait (for)
2.time; season
3.[Formal] to inquire after

21 Century bidirectional science and technology dictionary: 五日為一候pentad - 氣象

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: await; inquire; season; time; wait

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: await; inquire; season; time; wait

湘雅醫學專業詞典: penthemeron

康熙字典文字版 【子集中】【人字部】候
【唐韻】胡遘切【集韻】下遘切，𠀤音後。訪也。又伺望也。【前漢·張禹傳】上臨候禹。又【釋名】候，護也，可護諸事也。　又候人，道路迎送賔客之官。【詩·曹風】彼候人兮，何戈與祋。　又斥候。【孫奕示兒編】斥候謂檢行險阻，伺候盜賊。俗作堠。　又氣候，證候。　又叶後五切，音祐。【楊泉蠶賦】爰求柔桑，切若細縷。起止得時，燥溼是候。　【說文】有𠊱無候。互見前侯字註。

CF-Dict: attendre

Han-De-Dict: später (u.E.)/Zeit (u.E.) (S)/Hou (u.E.) (Eig, Fam)/warten auf (u.E.)