侯 hóu

1. hóu noun marquis; lord
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Second of five orders of nobility 五等爵位 (Unihan '侯')
2. hóu noun a target in archery
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Unihan '侯')

Contained in

• 王侯将相(王侯將相) nobles, generals, and ministers
• 窃钩者诛，窃国者侯(竊鉤者誅，竊國者侯) steal a hook and they hang you, steal the whole country and they make you a prince
• 诸侯国(諸侯國) a vassal state
• 胜者王侯败者寇(勝者王侯敗者寇) the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits
• 侯赛因(侯賽因) Husain or Hussein (name) / Hussein (c. 626-680), Muslim leader whose martyrdom is commemorated at Ashura
• 窃国者侯，窃钩者诛(竊國者侯，竊鉤者誅) steal the whole country and they make you a prince, steal a hook and they hang you
• 王侯 aristocracy; nobility
• 侯门似海(侯門似海) the gate of a noble house is like the sea
• 侯门(侯門) noble house
• 彻侯(徹侯) nobles in the Qin and Han
• 与诸侯会聚(與諸侯會聚) assemble with the feudal lords
• 列侯 duke (old); nobleman; gentry
• 挟天子以令诸侯(挾天子以令諸侯) hold the feudal overlord and you control his vassals
• 症侯群 syndrome
• 侯爵 marquis
• 宗圣侯(宗聖侯) hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants
• 王侯公卿 aristocracy
• 萨达姆·侯赛因(薩達姆·侯賽因) Saddam Hussein
• 万户侯(萬戶侯) Hou [Marquis] with revenue from ten thousand households
• 侯王 feudal lords and princes

Also contained in

侯马 、 闽侯 、 文侯之命 、 武侯祠 、 诸侯 、 翕侯 、 博望侯 、 武侯区 、 魏文侯 、 侯方域 、 东昏侯 、 乌洛侯 、 诸侯会盟 、 乌程侯 、 侯马市 、 侯景之乱 、 武侯 、 闽侯县

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Truncated for common words

• 《高祖功臣侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises in the Time of Gaozu Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 745
• 《惠景閒侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises between the Reigns of Emperor Hui and Emperor Jing Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 344
• 《建元已來王子侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Nobles' Sons who became Marquises since the Jianyuan period Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 291
• 《建元以來侯者年表》 Yearly Table of the Officials who became Marquises since the Jianyuan Period Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 266
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 225
• 僖公 Lord Xi The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 193
• 魏紀 Records of the Wei Bamboo Annals 竹書紀年 — count: 173
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 170
• 成公 Lord Cheng The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 141
• 卷一百〇五 志第五十八 禮八 Volume 105 Treatises 58: Rites 8 History of Song 宋史 — count: 108

Collocations

• 齐侯 (齊侯) 齊侯之子 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧召南‧何彼襛矣 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - He Bi Nong Yi — count: 23
• 陈侯 (陳侯) 陳侯 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 14
• 韩侯 (韓侯) 韓侯受命 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧韓奕 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Han Yi — count: 8
• 鲁侯 (魯侯) 魯侯戾止 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 魯頌‧駉之什‧泮水 Sacrificial odes of Zhou - Decade Of Jiong - Pan Shui — count: 8
• 滕侯 (滕侯) 滕侯卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 6
• 蔡侯 (蔡侯) 蔡侯考父卒 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 6
• 卫侯 (衛侯) 衛侯之妻 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧衞‧碩人 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wei - Shuo Ren — count: 6
• 纪侯 (紀侯) 公會紀侯于成 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 5
• 薛侯 (薛侯) 薛侯來朝 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 隱公 Lord Yin — count: 5
• 公侯 (公侯) 公侯干城 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧周南‧兔罝 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Zhou And The South - Tu Ju — count: 5