季候

Chinese

		season; period	wait
trad. (季候)		季	候
simp. #(季候)		季	候

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gwai³ hau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˋ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìhòu
    • Wade–Giles: chi⁴-hou⁴
    • Yale: jì-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jihhow
    • Palladius: цзихоу (czixou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gwai³ hau⁶
    • Yale: gwai hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gwai³ hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: guei³ heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɐi̯³³ hɐu̯²²/

Noun

季候

1. (dialectal) season (of the year)

Synonyms

• 令 (literary, or in compounds)
• 季節／季节 (jìjié)
• 時令／时令
• 時節／时节 (shíjié)
• 歲時／岁时 (suìshí)
• 氣候／气候 (qìhòu) (literary)
• 節後／节后 (jiéhòu) (season and climate)