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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 候

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
候 hòu - to wait
- to inquire after
- to watch
- season
- climate
- (old) period of five days

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 9,517 4,503 2,089

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿰ 亻 矦

Radical:

亻

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

矦

Semantic:

亻

Hint:

Person

Other Words Containing 候

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
时候 1 1 82 133 83
有时候 - 1 1,189 2,262 808
小时候 - 2 2,274 3,860 1,404
候选人 - 7 4,588 5,411 13,150
等候 5 5 5,277 7,226 9,136
问候 5 4 5,541 6,702 3,368
气候 4 3 8,757 4,376 7,810
伺候 6 8 9,440 14,823 8,897
候 - - 9,517 4,503 2,089
稍候 - 8 10,597 54,953 43,737
候补 - - 11,772 31,893 32,998
全天候 - - 13,072 20,640 25,811
恭候 - - 14,196 35,171 22,521
候选 6 - 14,238 14,082 16,081
守候 - 8 17,125 9,617 5,487
听候 - - 18,778 48,181 67,859
候诊室 - - 19,344 - -
火候 - 9 19,419 25,097 23,208
症候 - - 22,809 65,096 79,501
候审 - - 27,467 94,891 119,479
静候 - - 27,528 36,915 22,863
侍候 - 9 29,702 31,025 39,875
候鸟 - - 36,217 - -
古时候 - - 38,909 47,436 30,238
候诊 - - 39,231 56,136 68,499
候车 - - 41,235 17,152 18,747
天候 - - 49,808 89,343 86,183
候车室 - - 52,382 28,451 26,347
候机楼 - - 52,947 - -
征候 - - 66,683 74,828 113,065