靜候

Chinese

		still; calm; quiet still; calm; quiet; not moving	wait
trad. (靜候)		靜	候
simp. (静候)		静	候

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jìnghòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zing⁶ hau⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chēng-hāu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jìnghòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jìnghòu
    • Wade–Giles: ching⁴-hou⁴
    • Yale: jìng-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jinqhow
    • Palladius: цзинхоу (czinxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕiŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zing⁶ hau⁶
    • Yale: jihng hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzing⁶ hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jing⁶ heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɪŋ²² hɐu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chēng-hāu
    • Tâi-lô: tsīng-hāu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zexnghau
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ hau²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siɪŋ⁴¹⁻²² hau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siɪŋ²²⁻²¹ hau²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ hau³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siɪŋ³³⁻²¹ hau³³/

Verb

靜候

1. to quietly await; to quietly wait for