等候
děng hòu
Pinyin

Definition

等候
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děng hòu
  1. to wait
  2. to wait for

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

shí hou
  1. 1 time
  2. 2 length of time
  3. 3 moment
  4. 4 period
děng
  1. 1 class
  2. 2 rank
  3. 3 grade
  4. 4 equal to
  5. 5 same as
  6. 6 to wait for
  7. 7 to await
  8. 8 et cetera
  9. 9 and so on
  10. 10 et al. (and other authors)
  11. 11 after
  12. 12 as soon as
  13. 13 once
děng jí
  1. 1 grade
  2. 2 rank
  3. 3 status
cì hòu
  1. 1 to serve
  2. 2 to wait upon
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)

Idioms (3)

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)
等而下之
děng ér xià zhī
  1. 1 going from there to lower grades (idiom)
过时不候
guò shí bù hòu
  1. 1 being late is not acceptable (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我需要等候多长时间?
wǒ xūyào děnghòu duō cháng shíjiān ?
How long do I need to wait?
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大概需要等候30分钟。
dàgài xūyào děnghòu fēnzhōng 。
It may take up to 30 minutes.
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bàoqiàn ,suǒyǒu rényuán dōu zài mángxiàn zhōng ,rú yào jìxù děnghòu qǐng àn mǐzìjiàn 。
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