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恭候
gōng​hòu

to await respectfully

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
恭候 gōng​hòu
to await respectfully
To wait for someone with respect or courtesy; often used in polite speech to refer to waiting for a guest's arrival.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
2.06 per million appears in 1% of films
Written text
1.11 per million

Cross-References

Synonym

  • 鹄候 hú​hòu

Sources

Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)