等候

Chinese

		class; rank; grade class; rank; grade; equal to; same as; wait for; await; et cetera; and so on	wait
trad. (等候)		等	候
simp. #(等候)		等	候
anagram		候等

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): děnghòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄥˇ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dang² hau⁶

• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tén-heu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tán-hāu / téng-hāu / téng-hō͘ / tńg-hiō

  (Teochew, Peng'im): dang² hao⁷

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: děnghòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄥˇ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: děnghòu
    • Wade–Giles: têng³-hou⁴
    • Yale: děng-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: deenghow
    • Palladius: дэнхоу (dɛnxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɤŋ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dang² hau⁶
    • Yale: dáng hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dang² hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: deng² heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɐŋ³⁵ hɐu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tén-heu
    • Hakka Romanization System: den` heu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: den³ heu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ten³¹ heu̯⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tán-hāu
    • Tâi-lô: tán-hāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dafnhau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hau²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hau³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hau³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: téng-hāu
    • Tâi-lô: tíng-hāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: defnghau
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hau²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: téng-hō͘
    • Tâi-lô: tíng-hōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: defngho
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tńg-hiō
    • Tâi-lô: tńg-hiō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dngfhioi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tŋ̍⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hio⁴¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dang² hao⁷
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: táng hāu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ hau¹¹/

Verb

等候

1. to wait for; to await

   請您排隊等候。／请您排队等候。  ―  Qǐng nín páiduì děnghòu.  ―  Please wait in line.

   請在此等候。／请在此等候。  ―  Qǐng zài cǐ děnghòu.  ―  Please wait here.

   請在黃線外等候。 [MSC, trad.]
   请在黄线外等候。 [MSC, simp.]

   Qǐng zài huáng xiàn wài děnghòu. [Pinyin]

   Please wait behind the yellow line.

Synonyms

• 佇候／伫候 (zhùhòu) (literary)
• 伺候
• 候等 (Hokkien)
• 守候 (shǒuhòu)
• 留住 (liúzhù) (literary)
• 當等／当等 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 等 (děng)
• 等待 (děngdài)
• 聽候／听候 (tīnghòu) (literary, or Min Nan)

 

Derived terms

• 等候區／等候区 (děnghòuqū)