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候 — to wait; to inquire after

to wait; to inquire after; to watch; season; climate

Pinyin
hòu
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 候: 10 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

候 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 候 in the HSK syllabus: 10

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 时候shíhoutime; length of time; moment; periodHSK 1
  2. 小时候xiǎoshíhouin one's childhoodHSK 2
  3. 气候qìhòuclimate; climate; prevailing conditionsHSK 4
  4. 等候děnghòuto wait; to wait forHSK 5
  5. 伺候cìhouto serve; to wait uponHSK 7–9
  6. 候选人hòuxuǎnréncandidateHSK 7–9
  7. 火候huǒhouheat control; mastery; crucial momentHSK 7–9
  8. 侍候shìhòuto serve; to wait uponHSK 7–9
  9. 守候shǒuhòuto wait for; to expect; to keep watch; to watch overHSK 7–9
  10. 问候wènhòuto give one's respects; to send a greetingHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.