| 1 | 气候 | 氣候 | qì hòu | qi4 hou4 | climate; atmosphere; situation; Classifiers: 种 | | |
| 2 | 等候 | 等候 | děng hòu | deng3 hou4 | to wait; to wait for | | |
| 3 | 候选人 | 候選人 | hòu xuǎn rén | hou4 xuan3 ren2 | candidate; Classifiers: 名 | | |
| 4 | 到时候 | 到時候 | dào shí hòu | dao4 shi2 hou4 | when the moment comes; at that time | | |
| 5 | 候 | 候 | hòu | hou4 | to wait; to inquire after; to watch; season; climate; (old) period of five days | | |
| 6 | 问候 | 問候 | wèn hòu | wen4 hou4 | 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) | | |
| 7 | 侍候 | 侍候 | shì hòu | shi4 hou4 | to serve; to wait upon | | |
| 8 | 候虫 | 候蟲 | hòu chóng | hou4 chong2 | seasonal insect (e.g. cicada) | | |
| 9 | 候乘 | 候乘 | hòu chéng | hou4 cheng2 | to wait for a train or bus | | |
| 10 | 过时不候 | 過時不候 | guò shí bù hòu | guo4 shi2 bu4 hou4 | being late is not acceptable (idiom) | | |
| 11 | 候风地动仪 | 候風地動儀 | hòu fēng dì dòng yí | hou4 feng1 di4 dong4 yi2 | the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 张衡 in 132 | | |
| 12 | 候车亭 | 候車亭 | hòu chē tíng | hou4 che1 ting2 | bus shelter | | |
| 13 | 候车 | 候車 | hòu chē | hou4 che1 | Waiting for the carriage | | |
| 14 | 候场 | 候場 | hòu chǎng | hou4 chang3 | (of an actor, athlete etc) to prepare to make one's entrance; to wait in the wings | | |
| 15 | 候补名单 | 候補名單 | hòu bǔ míng dān | hou4 bu3 ming2 dan1 | waiting list | | |
| 16 | 海洋性气候 | 海洋性氣候 | hǎi yáng xìng qì hòu | hai3 yang2 xing4 qi4 hou4 | maritime climate | | |
| 17 | 中国餐馆症候群 | 中國餐館症候群 | zhōng guó cān guǎn zhèng hòu qún | Zhong1 guo2 can1 guan3 zheng4 hou4 qun2 | Chinese restaurant syndrome | | |
| 18 | 古气候学 | 古氣候學 | gǔ qì hòu xué | gu3 qi4 hou4 xue2 | paleoclimatology | | |
| 19 | 恭候 | 恭候 | gōng hòu | gong1 hou4 | to look forward to sth; to wait respectfully | | |
| 20 | 的时候 | 的時候 | de shí hòu | de5 shi2 hou4 | when; during; at the time of | | |
| 21 | 到那个时候 | 到那個時候 | dào nà gè shí hòu | dao4 na4 ge4 shi2 hou4 | until this moment | | |
| 22 | 大气候 | 大氣候 | dà qì hòu | da4 qi4 hou4 | atmosphere | | |
| 23 | 大陆性气候 | 大陸性氣候 | dà lù xìng qì hòu | da4 lu4 xing4 qi4 hou4 | continental climate | | |
| 24 | 从那时候 | 從那時候 | cóng nà shí hòu | cong2 na4 shi2 hou4 | from that time on; since then | | |
| 25 | 斥候 | 斥候 | chì hòu | chi4 hou4 | to reconnoiter; to scout; scout | | |