侍候

Chinese

		attend on	wait
trad. (侍候)		侍	候
simp. ^#(侍候)		侍	候

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shìhòu

(Zhuyin): ㄕˋ ㄏㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): si⁶ hau⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sū-hāu / sīr-hiō / sī-hō͘ / sī-hāu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shìhòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕˋ ㄏㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shìhhòu
  - Wade–Giles: shih⁴-hou⁴
  - Yale: shr̀-hòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shyhhow
  - Palladius: шихоу (šixou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂʐ̩⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    事後 / 事后
    侍候
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: si⁶ hau⁶
  - Yale: sih hauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: si⁶ hau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: xi⁶ heo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siː²² hɐu̯²²/
  - Homophones:
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    事後 / 事后
    伺候
    侍候
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sū-hāu
  - Tâi-lô: sū-hāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suxhau
  - IPA (Taipei): /su³³⁻¹¹ hau³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /su²²⁻²¹ hau²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /su³³⁻²¹ hau³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sīr-hiō
  - Tâi-lô: sīr-hiō
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sɯ⁴¹⁻²² hio⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: sī-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sixho
  - IPA (Xiamen): /si²²⁻²¹ hɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sī-hāu
  - Tâi-lô: sī-hāu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sixhau
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²²⁻²¹ hau²²/

Verb

侍候

to serve; to wait on

Synonyms

事奉 (shìfèng)
伺候
侍奉 (shìfèng)
服侍