# 候脈
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hòumài
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄇㄞˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hau$^6$ mak$^6$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hāu-me̍h / hāu-be̍h
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hòumài
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄇㄞˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hòumài
*** Wade–Giles: hou$^4$-mai$^4$
*** Yale: hòu-mài
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howmay
*** Palladius: хоумай (xoumaj)
*** Sinological IPA : /xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ maɪ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hau$^6$ mak$^6$
*** Yale: hauh mahk
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hau$^6$ mak$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: heo$^6$ meg$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /hɐu̯²² mɐk̚²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Kaohsiung, Magong)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-me̍h
*** Tâi-lô: hāu-me̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hauxmeh
*** IPA (Xiamen): /hau²²⁻²¹ mẽʔ⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /hau³³⁻²¹ mẽʔ⁴/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Kinmen, Jinjiang, Philippines)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-be̍h
*** Tâi-lô: hāu-be̍h
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hauxbeh
*** IPA (Kinmen): /hau²²⁻¹² beʔ⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /hau⁴¹⁻²² beʔ²⁴/

### Verb

候⫽脈 (verb-object) (intransitive)
* (literary or Hokkien, Linfen Jin, Tangxi Wu, traditional Chinese medicine) to take someone's pulse

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 診脈, 切脈, 按脈, 候脈 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 診脈, 號脈, 把脈, 切脈, 按脈, 看脈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 號脈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 把脈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 摸脈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 號脈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 把脈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 把脈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 號脈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 號脈, 把脈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 號脈, 切脈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 號脈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 號脈, 摸脈, 把脈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 號脈, 摸脈, 切脈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 號脈, 摸脈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 號脈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 號脈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 號脈, 摸脈, 切脈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 號脈, 摸脈 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 把脈 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 號脈 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 號脈, 摸脈 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 號脈, 摸脈 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 號脈 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 號脈, 摸脈 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 評脈 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 號脈 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 把脈 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 號脈, 摸脈 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 把脈 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 試脈, 評脈 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 把脈 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 評脈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 號脈, 摸脈, 品脈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 號脈, 切脈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 摸脈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 號脈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 摸脈, 號脈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 揣脈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 候脈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 號脈, 摸脈, 切脈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 摸脈, 切脈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 號脈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 號脈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 號脈, 摸脈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 號脈, 摸脈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 號脈, 摸脈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 捉脈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 號脈, 揣脈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 號脈兒, 號脈, 方脈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 號脈, 扶脈 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 號脈 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 號脈, 摸脈 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 號脈 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 號脈 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 號脈 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 號脈 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 號脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 拿脈, 摸脈, 號脈, 把脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 摸脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 摸脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 摸脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 評脈, 摸脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 摸脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 摸脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 拿脈, 摸脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 摸脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 號脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 摸脈, 評脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 拿脈, 號脈, 摸脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 拿脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 拿脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 號脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 號脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 號脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 號脈, 摸脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 號脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 號脈, 拿脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 拿脈, 號脈, 摸脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 號脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 摸脈 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 拉脈 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 搭脈 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 號脈, 把脈, 搭脈 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 號脈 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 號脈 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 把脈 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 摸脈 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 搭脈 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 號脈 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 拿脈 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 號脈, 摸脈, 看脈 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 把脈, 揞脈, 探脈, 搭脈, 睇脈 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 把脈, 打脈, 睇脈 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 打脈, 把脈 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 打脈 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 打脈 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 把脈 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 把脈 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 把脈 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 打脈 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 把脈 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 診脈 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 打脈 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 揞脈 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 把脈 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 揞脈 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 切脈 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 把脈 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 把脈 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 把脈 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 摸脈 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 摸脈 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 摸脈 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 摸脈 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 摸脈 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 摸脈 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 摸脈 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 把脈 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 打脈 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 把脈 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 把脈 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 打脈 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 打脈, 摸脈 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 探脈 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 打脈 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 打脈, 把脈 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 打脈 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 打脈 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 打脈 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 把脈 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 睇脈, 摸脈 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 睇脈 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 把脈 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 測脈 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 探脈 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 摸脈 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 揞脈 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 打脈 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 打脈 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 把脈 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 揸脈, 把脈 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 把脈 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 把脈 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 定脈 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 摸脈 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 把脈 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 打脈 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 把脈 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 把脈, 隔脈 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 看脈, 撚脈, 摸脈 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 打脈, 按脈 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Wuguishan) | 打脈, 摸脈 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 把脈 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 拿脈 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Changting | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 定脈 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 納脈 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 抓脈 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 抓脈, 把脈 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 看脈 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 搭脈 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 把脈 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 打脈 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 打脈, 抓脈 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 搭脈 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 搭脈 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 號脈, 把脈 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 號脈, 診脈 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 號脈, 摸脈, 切脈 |
| Jin | Datong | 號脈, 捉脈 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 號脈 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 號脈, 拈脈 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 替脈 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 抓脈 |
| Jin | Linhe | 號脈, 捉脈 |
| Jin | Jining | 號脈 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 號脈 |
| Jin | Baotou | 號脈 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 號脈 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 捉脈 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 號脈 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 號脈, 摸脈 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 號脈 |
| Jin | Handan | 號脈 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 抓脈 |
| Jin | Suide | 號脈, 拈脈 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 摸脈, 覷脈 |
| Northern Min | Nanping (Xiayang, Yanping) | 摸脈 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 拿脈 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 覷脈 |
| Northern Min | Shunchang (Yangdun) | 拿脈 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 摸脈 |
| Northern Min | Wuyishan | 摸脈 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 摸脈 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 摸脈 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 掏脈 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 看脈 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 捏脈 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 看脈 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 摸脈, 候脈, 𥌚脈, 捍脈 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 扲脈 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 摸脈, 候脈, 𥌚脈 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 候脈 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 𥌚脈, 候脈, 摸脈 |
| Southern Min | Dehua | 摸脈 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 摸脈, 𥌚脈, 節脈 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 摸脈 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 節脈 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 摸脈, 節脈 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 按脈, 候脈, 算脈 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 節脈 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 節脈 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 節脈, 候脈 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 節脈 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 𥌚脈, 節脈 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 節脈 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 節脈, 摸脈 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 節脈 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 候脈, 掠脈, 𥌚脈, 捍脈 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 候脈, 節脈, 𥌚脈 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 𥌚脈, 摸脈, 捍脈, 查脈 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 候脈 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 候脈, 捉脈 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 摸脈 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 拍脈, 捍脈, 診脈 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 拍脈 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 捍脈 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 掠脈 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 拍脈 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 拍脈 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 摸脈 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 摸脈 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 𥌚脈 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 𥌚脈 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 拿脈 |
| Central Min | Sanming (Shaxian) | 拿脈 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 摸脈 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 拍脈 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 把脈, 看脈 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 號脈 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 把脈, 搭脈, 診脈 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 把脈 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 把脈 |
| Wu | Danyang | 搭脈, 把脈 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 把脈, 搭脈 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 搭脈, 把脈 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 搭脈 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 把脈 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 候脈 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 捉脈, 看脈, 摸脈, 探脈 |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 看脈 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 接脈, 摸脈, 看脈 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 拿脈 |