HSK 5 vocabularyHSK 3.0

等候

děnghòu

Meaning of 等候 in English

děnghòuHSK 5verbSyllabus #2264
  1. to wait
  2. to wait for

Example sentences

  1. 等候室里有五位患者。
    děng hòu shì lǐ yǒu wǔ wèi huàn zhě。
    There are five patients in the waiting room.
    Tatoeba #8776014 by crescat · #1421626 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 許多人在排隊等候。
    xǔ duō rén zài pái duì děng hòu。
    Many people were waiting in line.
    Tatoeba #851526 by Martha · #41019 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 电话运营商提示来电人等候接通。
    diàn huà yùn yíng shāng tí shì lái diàn rén děng hòu jiē tōng。
    The telephone operator asked the caller to hold on until a connection was made.
    Tatoeba #7834250 by olia1204 · #240277 by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR

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