Meaning of 稍候
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
shāohòu
- to wait a moment
稍候 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
请在线稍候。
Please hold the line a moment.
嘿，你！请稍候。
Hey you! Please wait.
请稍候。
Please wait.
Stroke order for each character
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稍 shāo · somewhat · 12 strokes
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候 hòu · to wait · 10 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 稍候.
| 时候 | shíhou | time; length of time |
| 有时候 | yǒushíhou | sometimes |
| 小时候 | xiǎoshíhou | in one's childhood |
| 这时候 | zhè shíhou | |
| 那时候 | nà shíhou | at that time |
| 气候 | qìhòu | (meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) |
| 问候 | wènhòu | to give one's respects; to send a greeting |
| 稍微 | shāowēi | a little bit |
| 等候 | děnghòu | to wait; to wait for |
| 稍后 | shāohòu | in a little while; shortly after |
| 候选人 | hòuxuǎnrén | candidate |
| 伺候 | cìhou | to serve; to wait upon |
Questions about 稍候
What does 稍候 mean?
稍候 (shāohòu) means "to wait a moment" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 稍候?
稍候 is made of 2 characters: 稍 (12 strokes), 候 (10 strokes). That is 22 strokes in total.
Is 稍候 an HSK word?
Yes. 稍候 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.