Hóu
侯 (Hóu) is a Chinese word meaning “surname Hou”.
Meanings
- 1surname Hou
Related words
侯marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]侯used in 閩侯|闽侯[Min3 hou4] (the name of a place in Fujian)侯爵marquis萨达姆·侯赛因Saddam Hussein侯赛因Husain or Hussein (name)诸侯dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers王侯aristocracy夏侯two-character surname Xiahou侯门noble house万户侯Marquis (highest Han dynasty ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households)侯门似海lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea (idiom)列侯duke (old)