等候 děnghòu▶ chờ đợi

Stroke order

等候 is written in 22 strokes across 2 characters.

• 等 — 12 strokes
• 候 — 10 strokes

Senses

1. to wait
2. to wait for

Related words

• 伺候chờ đợi
• 候选ứng cử viên
• 相等Bằng nhau; bình đẳng
• 等级cấp; bậc
• 平等bình đẳng
• 等于Bằng, ngang bằng với

等候 is pronounced děnghòu and means “chờ đợi”. You will meet it in HSK 6, a band of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the standard test of Chinese proficiency. Most learners can pick 等候 out of a list long before they can reach for it unprompted, and the gap between those two closes only with repeated recall. LexiTrail schedules the next sighting from how well you did on the last.