| 侯 | [ hoú ] surname Hou |
| 侯 | [ hoú ] marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4], nobleman or high official |
| 侯景之亂 | [ hoú jǐng zhī luàn ] rebellion against Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁 in 548 |
| 侯爵 | [ hoú jué ] marquis |
| 侯賽因 | [ hoú saì yīn ] 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 |
| 侯門 | [ hoú mén ] noble house |
| 侯門似海 | [ hoú mén sì haǐ ] lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea, there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom) |
| 侯馬 | [ hoú mǎ ] Houma county level city in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[Lin2 fen2], Shanxi |
| 侯馬市 | [ hoú mǎ shì ] Houma county level city in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[Lin2 fen2], Shanxi |
| ⇒ 列侯 | [ liè hoú ] duke (old), nobleman, gentry |
| ⇒ 勝者王侯敗者寇 | [ shèng zhě wáng hoú baì zhě koù ] the winners become princes and marquises; the losers are vilified as bandits (idiom), history is written by the victors |
| ⇒ 勝者王侯敗者賊 | [ shèng zhě wáng hoú baì zhě zeí ] see 勝者王侯敗者寇|胜者王侯败者寇[sheng4 zhe3 wang2 hou2 bai4 zhe3 kou4] |
| ⇒ 宗聖侯 | [ zōng shèng hoú ] hereditary title bestowed on Confucius' descendants |
| ⇒ 挾天子以令諸侯 | [ xié tiān zǐ yǐ lìng zhū hoú ] (expr.) hold the feudal overlord and you control his vassals |
| ⇒ 武侯 | [ wǔ hoú ] Wuhou district of Chengdu city 成都市[Cheng2 du1 shi4], Sichuan |
| ⇒ 武侯區 | [ wǔ hoú qū ] Wuhou district of Chengdu city 成都市[Cheng2 du1 shi4], Sichuan |
| ⇒ 武侯祠 | [ wǔ hoú cí ] 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 |
| ⇒ 王侯 | [ wáng hoú ] aristocracy |
| ⇒ 王侯公卿 | [ wáng hoú gōng qīng ] aristocracy |
| ⇒ 症侯群 | [ zhèng hoú qún ] erroneous variant of 症候群, syndrome |
| ⇒ 竊國者侯，竊鉤者誅 | [ qiè guó zhě hoú qiè goū zhě zhū ] 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[Zhuang1 zi3]) |
| ⇒ 竊鉤者誅，竊國者侯 | [ qiè goū zhě zhū qiè guó zhě hoú ] 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[Zhuang1 zi3]) |
| ⇒ 萬戶侯 | [ wàn hù hoú ] Marquis (highest Han dynasty ducal title meaning lord of 10,000 households), high nobles |
| ⇒ 薩達姆b7侯賽因 | [ sà dá mǔ hoú saì yīn ] Saddam Hussein |
| ⇒ 諸侯 | [ zhū hoú ] 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 |
| ⇒ 諸侯國 | [ zhū hoú guó ] vassal state |
| ⇒ 閩侯 | [ mǐn hoú ] Minhou county in Fuzhou 福州[Fu2 zhou1], Fujian |
| ⇒ 閩侯縣 | [ mǐn hoú xiàn ] Minhou county in Fuzhou 福州[Fu2 zhou1], Fujian |
