used in 伺候[ci4 hou5]

person (亻) + [sound: sī/cì] (司) = attending on others

司 lends the sound cì; the person radical anchors the meaning in human service. 伺 appears almost exclusively in 伺候, meaning to wait on or attend to someone.

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A personSemantic
To managePhonetic

她每天都要候生病的父亲。

tā měi tiān dōu yào cì hòu shēng bìng de fù qīn。

She has to attend to her sick father every day.

老人身边需要有人好好候。

lǎo rén shēn biān xū yào yǒu rén hǎo hǎo cì hòu。

There needs to be someone by the old person's side to take good care of them.

Words with 伺

伺隙

sì xì

to wait for the opportunity

难伺候

nán cì hou

(coll.) hard to please; high-maintenance

伺候

cì hou

to serve; to wait upon

伺服

sì fú

servo (small electric motor)

伺服器

sì fú qì

server (computer) (Tw)

伺机

sì jī

to wait for an opportunity

窥伺

kuī sì

to spy upon

观衅伺隙

guān xìn sì xì

lit. to look for holes, and observe gaps (idiom)

More characters with 亻