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)

时候
shí hou
  1. 1 time
  2. 2 length of time
  3. 3 moment
  4. 4 period
等
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
等级
děng jí
  1. 1 grade
  2. 2 rank
  3. 3 status
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
平等
píng děng
  1. 1 equal
  2. 2 equality
有时候
yǒu shí hou
  1. 1 sometimes
有的时候
yǒu de shí hòu
  1. 1 sometimes
  2. 2 at times
等候
děng hòu
  1. 1 to wait
  2. 2 to wait for
等到
děng dào
  1. 1 to wait until
  2. 2 by the time when (sth is ready etc)
等待
děng dài
  1. 1 to wait
  2. 2 to wait for
等于
děng yú
  1. 1 to equal
  2. 2 to be tantamount to
等等
děng děng
  1. 1 et cetera
  2. 2 and so on ...
  3. 3 wait a minute!
  4. 4 hold on!
上等
shàng děng
  1. 1 highest quality
  2. 2 top-notch
上等兵
shàng děng bīng
  1. 1 private first class (army rank)
不平等
bù píng děng
  1. 1 inequality
  2. 2 unfairness
不等
bù děng
  1. 1 unequal
  2. 2 varied
不等式
bù děng shì
  1. 1 inequality (math.)

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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