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HSK
time / length of time / moment / period
HSK 1
sometimes
HSK 1
in one's childhood
HSK 2
at that time
HSK 2
(meteorology) climate / (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) / CL: 種|种
HSK 3
to give one's respects / to send a greeting / (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking)
HSK 4
to wait / to wait for
HSK 5
candidate / CL:
HSK 7-9
to serve / to wait upon
HSK 7-9
to wait a moment
HSK 7-9
to wait for / to expect / to keep watch / to watch over / to nurse
HSK 7-9
heat control / (fig.) mastery / (fig.) crucial moment
HSK 7-9
to serve; to wait upon
HSK 7-9
illness / disease
global warming
-elect / designate / (i.e. elected or appointed but not yet installed)
don't act until the time is ripe (idiom)
airport terminal
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  *候* | 候* | *候
to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days
political climate
to await orders; to be on call
weather
candidate (attributive)
in ancient times / in olden days
seasonal insect (e.g. cicada)
to quietly wait
waiting to see a doctor / awaiting treatment
bus shelter
to wait for a train or bus
to wait for (orders, a decision, a judgment)
maritime climate
atmosphere
continental climate
waiting room (at clinic, hospital)
waiting room (for train, bus etc)
waiting for a vacancy
season; time of year
migratory bird
season
climatology
to reconnoiter / to scout / scout
to wait (literary)
to look forward to sth / to wait respectfully
the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 張衡|张衡 in 132
to thank sb for favor or hospitality
to respectfully await / to look forward to
natural phenomena of a seasonal nature
phenology
(coll.) hard to please; high-maintenance
climate change
when the moment comes / at that time
sign; indication; symptom
awaiting trial
(Tw) post-traumatic stress disorder; PTSD
sometimes / at times
carpal tunnel syndrome (pain in the hands due to pressure on the median nerve) / median neuropathy at the wrist
waiting list
chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)
until this moment
global climate
climate warming
release from custody, subject to provision of a surety, pending investigation (PRC)
to wait one's turn
Chinese restaurant syndrome
when?; at what time?
to wait for a train or bus
(of an actor, athlete etc) to prepare to make one's entrance / to wait in the wings
airport lounge
to wait to fill a vacancy / reserve (candidate) / alternate / substitute
to await (your) gracious presence
all-weather
global warming
paleoclimatology
Gilbert's syndrome
erhua variant of 小時候|小时候
microclimate / fig. local situation
won't get far; unlikely to be successful
a climatologist
climatic conditions / atmospheric conditions
(Tw) syndrome
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
being late is not acceptable (idiom)


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