候
to wait; to inquire after; to watch; season; climate; (old) period of five days
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How 候 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
亻 (semantic, “person”) + 矦 (phonetic, hóu)
components: 亻 矦
How to remember it
wait · Heisig RSH #1272
侯 marquis + walking stick
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 候
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 气候学家 | qì hòu xué jiā | a climatologist |
| 小时候儿 | xiǎo shí hou r | erhua variant of 小時候|小时候[xiao3 shi2 hou5] |
| 海洋性气候 | hǎi yáng xìng qì hòu | maritime climate |
| 成不了气候 | chéng bu liǎo qì hòu | won't get far; unlikely to be successful |
| 古气候学 | gǔ qì hòu xué | paleoclimatology |
| 过时不候 | guò shí bù hòu | being late is not acceptable (idiom) |
| 气候变化 | qì hòu biàn huà | climate change |
| 全球气候 | quán qiú qì hòu | global climate |
| 大气候 | dà qì hòu | atmosphere |
| 气候学 | qì hòu xué | climatology |
| 小气候 | xiǎo qì hòu | microclimate; fig. local situation |
| 物候学 | wù hòu xué | phenology |
| 政治气候 | zhèng zhì qì hòu | political climate |
| 小时候 | xiǎo shí hou | in one's childhood |
| 大陆性气候 | dà lù xìng qì hòu | continental climate |
| 有时候 | yǒu shí hou | sometimes |
| 有的时候 | yǒu de shí hòu | sometimes; at times |
| 全天候 | quán tiān hòu | all-weather; 24-hour |
| 候风地动仪 | hòu fēng dì dòng yí | the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 張衡|张衡[Zhang1 Heng2] in 132 |
| 联合国气候变化框架公约 | Lián hé guó Qì hòu Biàn huà Kuàng jià Gōng yuē | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |