HSK 5 · Verbs

问候 wènhòu “to give one’s respects” in Chinese

Traditional 問候

What 问候 means

  1. to give one’s respects
  2. to send a greeting

How to say 问候

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale问wèn4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale候hòu4th tone, falling

问候 in a sentence

  1. 代我问候你妈妈。

    Dài wǒ wènhòu nǐ māma.

    Say hello to your mum for me.

    Sentence #337981 from Tatoeba

  2. 他问候了你。

    Tā wènhòu le nǐ.

    He asked after you.

    Sentence #824509 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 问候 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 问 (wèn) with each of its parts in a different colour
问wènto ask; to inquire
  • 门gate · ménSound part
  • 口mouth · kǒuMeaning part

口 hints at the meaning (mouth); 门 (mén) hints at the sound. Compare it with wèn.

Memory aidA mouth 口 at the gate 门, with 门 (mén) giving the sound: to ask.

The character 候 (hòu) with each of its parts in a different colour
候hòuto wait
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 矦target in archery · hóuSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 矦 (hóu) hints at the sound. Compare it with hòu.

How to write 问候

问 6 strokes · 候 10 strokes

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问候 (wènhòu) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 问候 (wènhòu). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 问候

Words with 问

请问qǐngwèn · Excuse me问wèn · to ask问题wèntí · question提问tíwèn · to question询问xúnwèn · to inquire疑问yíwèn · question学问xuéwèn · learning反问fǎnwèn · to ask a rhetorical question过问guòwèn · to concern oneself with慰问wèiwèn · to express sympathy

Words with 候

时候shíhou · time小时候xiǎoshíhou · in one’s childhood气候qìhòu · climate伺候cìhou · to serve等候děnghòu · to wait候选hòuxuǎn · candidate

More words: Thinking & Talking

体会tǐhuì · to know from experience推辞tuīcí · to decline (an offer or invitation)推荐tuījiàn · to recommend委屈wěiqu · to feel wronged想念xiǎngniàn · to miss想象xiǎngxiàng · to imagine信任xìnrèn · to trust欣赏xīnshǎng · to appreciate

FAQs

问候 (wènhòu) means “to give one’s respects” or “to send a greeting”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it wènhòu: wèn with a 4th tone, then hòu with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 问候 is written 問候. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wenhou with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 问候 from the suggestions. Typing wenhou into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
问候 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.