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

(Hailu, HRS): den^ˊ heu^˖
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tán-hāu / téng-hāu / téng-hō͘ / tńg-hiō

(Teochew, Peng'im): dang² hao⁷

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 Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tén-heu
  - Hakka Romanization System: den^ˋ heu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: den³ heu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ten³¹ heu̯⁵⁵/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  - Hakka Romanization System: den^ˊ heu^˖
  - Sinological IPA: /ten²⁴⁻³³ heu³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tán-hāu
  - Tâi-lô: tán-hāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dafnhau
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /tan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hau²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /tan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hau³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /tan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hau³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: téng-hāu
  - Tâi-lô: tíng-hāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: defnghau
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hau²²/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: téng-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: tíng-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: defngho
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tńg-hiō
  - Tâi-lô: tńg-hiō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dngfhioi
  - Sinological 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

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

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伺候 (cìhou)
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)
等待 (děngdài)
聽候 / 听候 (tīnghòu) (literary, or Min Nan)

Derived terms

等候區 / 等候区 (děnghòuqū)