候补 (候補)
hòu bǔ
Pinyin

Definition

候补 (候補)
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hòu bǔ
  1. to wait to fill a vacancy
  2. reserve (candidate)
  3. alternate
  4. substitute

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

时候
shí hou
  1. 1 time
  2. 2 length of time
  3. 3 moment
  4. 4 period
伺候
cì hòu
  1. 1 to serve
  2. 2 to wait upon
问候
wèn hòu
  1. 1 to give one's respects
  2. 2 to send a greeting
  3. 3 (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking)
守候
shǒu hòu
  1. 1 to wait for
  2. 2 to expect
  3. 3 to keep watch
  4. 4 to watch over
  5. 5 to nurse
小时候
xiǎo shí hou
  1. 1 in one's childhood

Idioms (2)

不到火候不揭锅
bù dào huǒ hòu bù jiē guō
  1. 1 don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
过时不候
guò shí bù hòu
  1. 1 being late is not acceptable (idiom)

Sample Sentences

十二号没有座位了。我帮您申请候补。有位子马上通知您。
shí èr hào méiyǒu zuòwèi le 。wǒ bāng nín shēnqǐng hòubǔ 。yǒu wèizi mǎshàng tōngzhī nín 。
There are no seats available on the 12th. I can put you on the waiting list. As soon as a seat comes available I will notify you.
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It's no wonder people say ``in a billion people, nine hundred million will be gamblers and one hundred million are alternates." As expected, business is booming.
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