守候

Chinese

		to guard	wait
trad. (守候)		守	候
simp. #(守候)		守	候

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒuhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² hau⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siú-hiō / siú-hō͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǒuhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǒuhòu
    • Wade–Giles: shou³-hou⁴
    • Yale: shǒu-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shoouhow
    • Palladius: шоухоу (šouxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² hau⁶
    • Yale: sáu hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ hɐu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-hiō
    • Tâi-lô: siú-hiō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siw'hioi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siu⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hio⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siú-hō͘
    • Tâi-lô: siú-hōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siw'ho
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hɔ²²/

Verb

守候

1. to wait for; to expect
2. to keep watch

Synonyms

• (to wait for):

• 伺候
• 佇候 (zhùhòu) (literary)
• 候等 (Hokkien)
• 留住 (liúzhù) (literary)
• 當等／当等 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 等 (děng)
• 等候 (děnghòu)
• 等待 (děngdài)
• 聽候／听候 (tīnghòu) (literary, or Min Nan)

 

• (to keep watch):

• 保衛／保卫 (bǎowèi)
• 呵護／呵护 (hēhù)
• 守 (shǒu)
• 守衛／守卫 (shǒuwèi)
• 守護／守护 (shǒuhù)
• 戍衛／戍卫 (shùwèi)
• 捍衛／捍卫 (hànwèi)
• 看護／看护 (kānhù)
• 衛護／卫护 (wèihù)
• 護衛／护卫 (hùwèi)
• 防 (fáng) (literary, or in compounds)
• 防守 (fángshǒu)
• 防衛／防卫 (fángwèi)