"Hou" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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 hòu back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-
 hòu to wait / to inquire after / to watch / season / climate / (old) period of five days
 hòu thick / deep or profound / kind / generous / rich or strong in flavor / to favor / to stress
 hóu marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3deng3 jue2wei4] / nobleman / high official
 hóu throat / larynx
 hǒu to roar / to howl / to shriek / roar or howl of an animal / bellow of rage
 hóu monkey / CL:隻|只[zhi1]
 hòu used in 邂逅[xie4hou4]
 hòu horseshoe crab
 hóu dry provisions
 hóu (anatomy) epiphysis
 hóu used in 箜篌[kong1 hou2]
 hòu mounds for beacons
 hóu (appears as phonetic ho, especially in words taken from Sanskrit) / half-blind (archaic)
 hōu to snore / thirsty from excessively salty or sweet food / (dialect) very / extremely
 hóu wart
 hóu dry provisions
 Hòu surname Hou / place name
 hǒu roar or howl of an animal / bellow of rage
 hóu metal arrowhead
 hòu thick
 hòu place name
 hóu blowfish
 hòu grunting of pigs
 hóu old variant of 侯[hou2]
 hòu see 鱯|鳠[hu4]
𬭤 hóu metal arrowhead
 hòu used in 閩侯|闽侯[Min3hou4] (the name of a place in Fujian)
 hǒu mythical man-eating creature resembling a dog
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