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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 听候

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
听候 tīng hòu - to wait for (orders, a decision, a judgment)

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
- - 18,778 48,181 67,859

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
yǐn- smile (archaic)
tīng- to listen to; to hear
- to heed; to obey
- a can (loanword from English "tin")
- classifier for canned beverages
- to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
hòu- to wait
- to inquire after
- to watch
- season
- climate
- (old) period of five days

Other Words Containing 听候

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
听候 - - 18,778 48,181 67,859