Hold on a moment, please.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
稍候
to wait a moment
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
to wait a moment
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 稍候 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 稍候 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
Please hold the line a moment.
Hey you! Please wait.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 稍候.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 稍候.
Directly before
- 请稍候2
- 在线稍候1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 稍候
What does 稍候 mean in Chinese?
稍候 (shāohòu) means to wait a moment.
How do you pronounce 稍候?
稍候 is pronounced shāohòu.
Is 稍候 an HSK word?
稍候 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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