侯
Ancient forms
3 formsGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
- marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位 wǔ děng jué wèi
- nobleman; high official
- surname Hou
hòu hou4
- used in 闽侯 Mǐn hòu (the name of a place in Fujian)
Example sentences
Words with 侯
- 侯门 hóumén noble house
- 王侯 wánghóu aristocracy
- 列侯 lièhóu duke (old)
- 诸侯 zhūhóu dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers
- 侯爵 hóujué marquis
- 万户侯 wànhùhóu Marquis (highest Han dynasty ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households)
- 诸侯国 zhūhóuguó vassal state
- 武侯祠 wǔhóucí temple dedicated to the memory of Zhuge Liang 诸葛亮 (Zhū gě Liàng) (There is one in Chengdu, and many others in various parts of China.)
- 侯门似海 hóuménsìhǎi lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea (idiom)
- 王侯公卿 wánghóugōngqīng aristocracy
- 武侯 Wǔhóu Wuhou district of Chengdu city 成都市 (Chéng dū shì), Sichuan
- 夏侯 Xiàhóu two-character surname Xiahou