守候 shǒuhòu HSK7 watch over Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 守候 shǒuhòu watch over verb to keep watch, look after, or nurse someone, especially a patient or a loved one 母亲彻夜守候在生病的孩子床前。 mǔqīn chèyè shǒuhòu zài shēngbìng de háizi chuáng qián. The mother stayed by her sick child's bedside all night. wait for verb to wait for or expect someone or something's arrival 他在车站守候了整整一个下午，只为见到老友一面。 tā zài chēzhàn shǒuhòu le zhěngzhěng yī gè xiàwǔ, zhǐ wèi jiàndào lǎoyǒu yī miàn. He waited at the station all afternoon just to see his old friend. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.46 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 8.76 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 7 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
守候 shǒuhòu watch over verb to keep watch, look after, or nurse someone, especially a patient or a loved one 母亲彻夜守候在生病的孩子床前。 mǔqīn chèyè shǒuhòu zài shēngbìng de háizi chuáng qián. The mother stayed by her sick child's bedside all night. wait for verb to wait for or expect someone or something's arrival 他在车站守候了整整一个下午，只为见到老友一面。 tā zài chēzhàn shǒuhòu le zhěngzhěng yī gè xiàwǔ, zhǐ wèi jiàndào lǎoyǒu yī miàn. He waited at the station all afternoon just to see his old friend. Frequency Movie subtitles 1.46 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 8.76 per million Details HSK 3.0 Level 7 Sources Definitions CC-CEDICT Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
