候

meaning for 候 hòu:

• - to wait
• - to inquire after
• - to watch
• - season
• - climate
• - (old) period of five daysclimate
• - atmosphere
• - situation
• - Classifiers: 种 to give one's respects
• - to send a greeting
• - (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking)candidate
• - Classifiers: 名 to wait
• - to wait forto serve
• - to wait upon