to wait on

= + : A management consultant has taken control over the space station, and he demands to be worshipped by Rosa Luxemburg and the King of Chu in the bathroom every day.
to watch / to wait / to examine / to spy

伺 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 Si
to take charge of / to manage / department (under a ministry)

= + 𠮛 : Socrates (s) wants to use the plow (㇆) in front of the space station (Ø1), but he doesn't manage (司), even with the magical scroll called manual (𠮛). Suddenly, a manager (mnemonic symbol for 司) floats by and shows him how to manage (司).

Characters with 伺 as component

伺 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 伺

to serve / to wait upon
to wait for an opportunity / to watch for one's chance
servo (small electric motor) / computer server
to spy upon / to lie in wait for (an opportunity)
(coll.) hard to please / high-maintenance
server (computer) (Tw)
to wait for the opportunity
lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom) / fig. to search out one's opponent's weak points / to look for the Achilles' heel

Sentences with 伺

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