to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days

= + : The marquis and Rosa Luxemburg are exhausted and want to use the outhouse's bathroom. Unfortunately Hamlet is still busy caring for his wounds, so they have to wait until he is finished. They watch all the time and inquire again and again when they will be able to use the bathroom.

候 character breakdown

"person" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 9)

= 丿 + : Mnemonic symbol: Rosa Luxemburg. She's quite radical, and her name starts with "r", just like "ren2". Also, 亻appears at the left-hand side of characters, and Rosa is a leftist as well.

Robinson Crusoe (r) and Rosa Luxemburg (亻) are having their favorite snacks in the encampment's kitchen: Rosa is eating a banana (丿) and Robinson is eating a dinosaur bone (丨).
surname Hou
marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / nobleman or high official

= + : The marquis and Rosa Luxemburg are throwing darts at a curling stone (which resembles the strokes above 失 and is held up by Hamlet) in the outhouse's kitchen. Since the curling stone is made of granite, there is no chance that one dart will ever stick to it.
marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / nobleman; high official

Characters with 候 as component

候 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 候

to serve / to wait upon
to serve / to wait upon
to wait (literary)
to wait for a train or bus
-elect / designate / (i.e. elected or appointed but not yet installed)
to await orders / to be on call
(of an actor, athlete etc) to prepare to make one's entrance / to wait in the wings

Sentences with 候

xiǎo
shén
shì
běn
yuán
tǔ
di
 
 
lái
zhè
r
cì
hòu
dà
shèng