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surname Hou

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marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位; nobleman or high official

strokes 9
radical
strokes after radical 7
侯景之乱 侯景之亂 hou2 jing3 zhi1 luan4
rebellion against Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁 in 548

侯爵 侯爵 hou2 jue2
marquis

侯马 侯馬 hou2 ma3
Houma county level city in Linfen 臨汾|临汾, Shanxi

侯马市 侯馬市 hou2 ma3 shi4
Houma county level city in Linfen 臨汾|临汾, Shanxi

侯门 侯門 hou2 men2
noble house

侯门似海 侯門似海 hou2 men2 si4 hai3
lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea; there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom)

侯赛因 侯賽因 hou2 sai4 yin1
Husain 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

列侯 列侯 lie4 hou2
duke (old); nobleman; gentry

闽侯 閩侯 min3 hou2
Minhou county in Fuzhou 福州, Fujian

闽侯县 閩侯縣 min3 hou2 xian4
Minhou county in Fuzhou 福州, Fujian

窃钩者诛,窃国者侯 竊鉤者誅,竊國者侯 qie4 gou1 zhe3 zhu1 - qie4 guo2 zhe3 hou2
steal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)

窃国者侯,窃钩者诛 竊國者侯,竊鉤者誅 qie4 guo2 zhe3 hou2 - qie4 gou1 zhe3 zhu1
steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you (idiom, from Daoist classic Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子)

萨达姆·侯赛因 薩達姆·侯賽因 sa4 da2 mu3 - hou2 sai4 yin1
Saddam Hussein

万户侯 萬戶侯 wan4 hu4 hou2
Marquis (highest Han dynasty ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households); high nobles

王侯 王侯 wang2 hou2
aristocracy

王侯公卿 王侯公卿 wang2 hou2 gong1 qing1
aristocracy

武侯 武侯 wu3 hou2
Wuhou district of Chengdu city 成都市, Sichuan

武侯祠 武侯祠 wu3 hou2 ci2
memorial hall to Zhuge Liang 諸葛亮|诸葛亮 (many of them in different town); refers to tourist attraction in Chengdu 成都

武侯区 武侯區 wu3 hou2 qu1
Wuhou district of Chengdu city 成都市, Sichuan

挟天子以令诸侯 挾天子以令諸侯 xie2 tian1 zi3 yi3 ling4 zhu1 hou2
(expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control his vassals

症侯群 症侯群 zheng4 hou2 qun2
erroneous variant of 症候群, syndrome

诸侯 諸侯 zhu1 hou2
feudal vassal; feudal princes, esp. the monarchs (dukes or princes) of the several vassal states 諸侯國|诸侯国 of Zhou during Western Zhou and Spring and Autumn periods 11th-5th century BC; subordinate warlord; local official

诸侯国 諸侯國 zhu1 hou2 guo2
vassal state

宗圣侯 宗聖侯 zong1 sheng4 hou2
hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants