hòu bǔ

Traditional: 候補

候补 (hòu bǔ) is a Chinese word meaning “to wait to fill a vacancy; reserve (candidate); alternate”.

Meanings

  1. 1to wait to fill a vacancy
  2. 2reserve (candidate)
  3. 3alternate
  4. 4substitute

Characters in 候补

候hòu · to wait补bǔ · to repair

Related words

时候time有时候sometimes小时候in one's childhood补偿to compensate弥补to complement补to repair候选人candidate等候to wait问候to give one's respects补充to replenish补给supply补救to remedy

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