迎候

Chinese

		to welcome	wait
trad. (迎候)		迎	候
simp. #(迎候)		迎	候

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yínghòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jing⁴ hau⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gêng-hāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yínghòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄥˊ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yínghòu
    • Wade–Giles: ying²-hou⁴
    • Yale: yíng-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ynghow
    • Palladius: инхоу (inxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /iŋ³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jing⁴ hau⁶
    • Yale: yìhng hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jing⁴ hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ying⁴ heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪŋ²¹ hɐu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gêng-hāu
    • Tâi-lô: gîng-hāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: genghau
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hau²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻²² hau⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɪŋ¹³⁻²² hau²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ɡiɪŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ hau³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡiɪŋ²³⁻³³ hau³³/

Verb

迎候

1. to await the arrival of and welcome

Synonyms

• (literary, or in compounds) 邀 (yāo)