等候

Pinyin: děnghòu

to wait; to wait for

Example sentence

请在被叫到名字之前坐在椅子上等候。

Qǐng zài bèi jiào dào míngzi zhīqián zuò zài yǐzi shàng děnghòu.

Please have a seat and wait until your name is called.

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What 等候 means

等候 (děnghòu) is a Chinese word meaning “to wait; to wait for”. It appears in the HSK 5 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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