How to write 侯, stroke by stroke
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What 侯 means
surname Hou; marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位; nobleman; high official; used in 闽侯 (the name of a place in Fujian)
Words with 侯
- 侯爵hóu juémarquis
- 侯门hóu ménnoble house
- 列侯liè hóuduke (old); nobleman; gentry
- 王侯wáng hóuaristocracy
- 诸侯zhū hóudukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers
- 诸侯国zhū hóu guóvassal state
- 武侯祠wǔ hóu cítemple dedicated to the memory of Zhuge Liang 诸葛亮 (There is one in Chengdu, and many others in various parts of China.)
- 王侯公卿wáng hóu gōng qīngaristocracy
- 侯门似海hóu mén sì hǎilit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea (idiom); fig. there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people
- 万户侯wàn hù hóuMarquis (highest Han dynasty ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households); high nobles
- 侯赛因hóu sài yīnHusain or Hussein (name); Hussein (c. 626-680), Muslim leader whose martyrdom is commemorated at Ashura; Saddam Hussein al Tikriti (1937-2006), dictator of Iraq 1979-2003
- 宗圣侯zōng shèng hóuhereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants