稍候

Chinese

		somewhat; a little	wait
trad. (稍候)		稍	候
simp. #(稍候)		稍	候

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāohòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄠ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saau² hau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāohòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄠ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shaohòu
    • Wade–Giles: shao¹-hou⁴
    • Yale: shāu-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shauhow
    • Palladius: шаохоу (šaoxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɑʊ̯⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 稍候 稍後 / 稍后

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saau² hau⁶
    • Yale: sáau hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saau² hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sao² heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːu̯³⁵ hɐu̯²²/

Verb

稍候

1. to wait a moment

   正在檢修，請您稍候。 [MSC, trad.]
   正在检修，请您稍候。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zhèngzài jiǎnxiū, qǐng nín shāohòu. [Pinyin]

   Maintenance in progress – please wait.

Usage notes

Not to be mixed up with 稍後 / 稍后 (shāohòu, “later”).

Synonyms

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• 且等 (Puxian Min)
• 小等 (Hokkien)
• 稍等 (shāoděng)
• 等一下 (děng yīxià)
• 等一下仔 (Hakka)
• 等一陣 / 等一阵 (dang² jat¹ zan⁶) (Cantonese)
• 等咧 (Hokkien)
• 等陣 / 等阵 (dang² zan⁶) (Cantonese)
• 較等 / 较等 (Hokkien)