| hóu | Marquis, second of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]/nobleman/surname Hou/used erroneously for 候[hou4] |
| 侯 | surname Hou |
| 侯景之乱 | rebellion against Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁 in 548 |
| 侯爵 | marquis |
| 侯爵夫人 | marquise; marchioness; marchionese; marchesa |
| 侯赛因 | 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 |
| 侯门似海 | lit. the gate of a noble house is like the sea there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people (idiom) |
| 侯马 | Houma county level city in Línfén 臨汾|临汾 |
| 侯马市 | Houma county level city in Línfén 臨汾|临汾 |
| 侯鸟 | birds of passage |