伺候

Chinese

		to watch; to wait; to examine to watch; to wait; to examine; to spy; wait on	wait
trad. (伺候)		伺	候
simp. #(伺候)		伺	候

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cìhou, cìhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄘˋ ˙ㄏㄡ, ㄘˋ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ hau⁶ / zi⁶ hau⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sù-hō͘ / sìr-hiō / sū-hō͘ / sù-hāu / sū-hāu / su-hāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cìhou
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ˙ㄏㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìhho̊u
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴-hou⁵
    • Yale: tsz̀-hou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyh.hou
    • Palladius: цыхоу (cyxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɹ̩⁵¹ xoʊ̯¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cìhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄘˋ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cìhhòu
    • Wade–Giles: tzʻŭ⁴-hou⁴
    • Yale: tsz̀-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsyhhow
    • Palladius: цыхоу (cyxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɹ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 伺候 次後 / 次后

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: si⁶ hau⁶ / zi⁶ hau⁶
    • Yale: sih hauh / jih hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ hau⁶ / dzi⁶ hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ heo⁶ / ji⁶ heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² hɐu̯²²/, /t͡siː²² hɐu̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 事後 / 事后 伺候 侍候

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-hō͘
    • Tâi-lô: sù-hōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suo'ho
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ hɔ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìr-hiō
    • Tâi-lô: sìr-hiō
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ hio⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-hō͘
    • Tâi-lô: sū-hōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxho
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ hɔ³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ hɔ³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sù-hāu
    • Tâi-lô: sù-hāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suo'hau
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /su²¹⁻⁴¹ hau³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su²¹⁻⁵³ hau²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /su¹¹⁻⁵³ hau³³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-hāu
    • Tâi-lô: sū-hāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: suxhau
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ hau³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ hau³³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: su-hāu
    • Tâi-lô: su-hāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: su'hau
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /su⁴⁴⁻³³ hau³³/

Verb

伺候

1. to serve; to wait on

Synonyms

• (to serve):

edit

• 事奉 (shìfèng)
• 侍候 (shìhòu)
• 侍奉 (shìfèng)
• 服侍

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sìhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ hau⁶ / zi⁶ hau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhhòu
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-hou⁴
    • Yale: sz̀-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhhow
    • Palladius: сыхоу (syxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɹ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: si⁶ hau⁶ / zi⁶ hau⁶
    • Yale: sih hauh / jih hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ hau⁶ / dzi⁶ hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ heo⁶ / ji⁶ heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² hɐu̯²²/, /t͡siː²² hɐu̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 事後 / 事后 伺候 侍候

Verb

伺候

1. to spy on; to scout; to lie in wait for
2. to wait for; to await

Synonyms

• (to wait for):

edit

• 佇候 / 伫候 (zhùhòu) (literary)
• 候等 (hāu-tán) (Hokkien)
• 守候 (shǒuhòu)
• 敬候 (jìnghòu) (honorific)
• 留住 (liúzhù) (literary)
• 當等 / 当等 (tng-tán) (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 等 (děng)
• 等候 (děnghòu)
• 等待 (děngdài)
• 聽候 / 听候 (tīnghòu) (literary, or Min Nan)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
伺	候
し Grade: S	こう Grade: 4
on'yomi	kan'on

Alternative spelling
祗候

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕiko̞ː]
• (Tokyo) しこー [shìkóó] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

伺(し)候(こう) • (shikō) ^{←しこう (sikou)?}

1. waiting on someone

Verb

伺(し)候(こう)する • (shikō suru) ^{←しこう (sikou)?}intransitive suru (stem 伺(し)候(こう)し (shikō shi), past 伺(し)候(こう)した (shikō shita))

1. to wait on someone

Conjugation

Conjugation of "伺候する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	伺候し	しこうし	shikō shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	伺候し	しこうし	shikō shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	伺候する	しこうする	shikō suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	伺候する	しこうする	shikō suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	伺候すれ	しこうすれ	shikō sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	伺候せよ¹ 伺候しろ²	しこうせよ¹ しこうしろ²	shikō seyo¹ shikō shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	伺候される	しこうされる	shikō sareru
Causative	伺候させる 伺候さす	しこうさせる しこうさす	shikō saseru shikō sasu
Potential	伺候できる	しこうできる	shikō dekiru
Volitional	伺候しよう	しこうしよう	shikō shiyō
Negative	伺候しない	しこうしない	shikō shinai
Negative continuative	伺候せず	しこうせず	shikō sezu
Formal	伺候します	しこうします	shikō shimasu
Perfective	伺候した	しこうした	shikō shita
Conjunctive	伺候して	しこうして	shikō shite
Hypothetical conditional	伺候すれば	しこうすれば	shikō sureba

¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative

References

• “伺候”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
伺	候

Noun

伺候 • (sahu) (hangeul 사후)

1. hanja form^? of 사후 (“waiting on someone”)