侯
marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; nobleman or high official
候
to wait; to inquire after; to watch; season; climate; (old) period of five days
厚
thick; deep or profound; kind; generous; rich or strong in flavor; to favor; to stress
吼
to roar; to howl; to shriek; roar or howl of an animal; bellow of rage
吽
roar or howl of an animal; bellow of rage
后
back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
睺
(appears as phonetic ho, especially in words taken from Sanskrit); half-blind (archaic)
骺
epiphysis (end of a long bone)
齁
snore; thirsty from salty food
侯景之乱
rebellion against Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁 in 548
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 Linfen 臨汾|临汾[Lin2 fen2], Shanxi
侯马市
Houma county level city in Linfen 臨汾|临汾[Lin2 fen2], Shanxi
候命
to await orders; to be on call
候补
to wait to fill a vacancy; reserve (candidate); alternate; substitute
候诊
waiting to see a doctor; awaiting treatment
候诊室
waiting room (at clinic, hospital)
候车室
waiting room (for train, bus etc)
候选
candidate (attributive)
候选人
candidate; CL:名[ming2]
候风地动仪
the world's first seismograph invented by Zhang Heng 张衡 in 132
候驾
to await (your) gracious presence
厚古薄今
to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)
厚嘴啄花鸟
(bird species of China) thick-billed flowerpecker (Dicaeum agile)
厚嘴绿鸠
(bird species of China) thick-billed green pigeon (Treron curvirostra)
厚嘴苇莺
(bird species of China) thick-billed warbler (Phragamaticola aedon)
厚实
thick; substantial; sturdy; solid
厚德载物
with great virtue one can take charge of the world (idiom)
厚望
great hopes; great expectations
厚朴
magnolia bark (bark of Magnolia officinalis)
厚此薄彼
to favour one and discriminate against the other
厚死薄生
lit. to praise the dead and revile the living; fig. to live in the past (idiom)
厚生劳动省
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (Japan)
厚生相
minister of health (of Japan, UK etc)
厚生省
Ministry of Health and Welfare (Japan) (replaced in 2001 by 厚生勞動省|厚生劳动省[Hou4 sheng1 Lao2 dong4 sheng3])
厚积薄发
lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom); good preparation is the key to success; to be well prepared
厚脸皮
brazen; shameless; impudent; cheek; thick-skinned
厚薄
thickness; also pr. [hou4 bo2]
厚薄
to favor one and discriminate against the other (abbr. for 厚此薄彼[hou4 ci3 bo2 bi3])
厚道
kind and honest; generous; sincere
厚重
thick; heavy; thickset (body); massive; generous; extravagant; profound; dignified
厚养薄葬
generous care but a thrifty funeral; to look after one's parents generously, but not waste money on a lavish funeral
后妃
imperial wives and concubines
后座
empress's throne; (fig.) first place in a feminine competition
后羿
Houyi, mythological Chinese archer whose wife was Chang'e
后里
Houli township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 xian4], Taiwan
后里乡
Houli township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 xian4], Taiwan
后发座
Coma Berenices (constellation)
喉咽
laryngopharynx; fig. a key position
喉急
variant of 猴急[hou2 ji2]
喉结
Adam's apple; laryngeal prominence
喉舌
mouthpiece; spokesperson
喉轮
viśuddha or visuddha, the throat chakra 查克拉, residing in the neck
喉音
guttural sound; (linguistics) glottal (or laryngeal) consonant
喉鸣
throat sound such as choking, donkey's bray etc
后事
future events; and what happened next... (in fiction); funeral arrangements
后付
payment made afterwards; postpaid
后代
descendant; progeny; posterity; later ages; later generations
后任
successor; (attributive) future
后来居上
lit. late-comer lives above (idiom); the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation; the pupil surpasses the master
后备箱
trunk; boot (of a car)
后半场
second half (of sporting competition)
后半叶
latter half (of a decade, century etc)
后台
backstage area; behind-the-scenes supporter; (computing) back-end; background
后台进程
background process (computing)
后周
Later Zhou of the Five Dynasties (951-960), centered on Shandong and Hebei, with capital at Kaifeng 开封
后唐
Later Tang of the Five Dynasties (923-936)
后嗣
heir; descendant; posterity
后坐
recoil (of a gun); backlash
后坐力
recoil (of a gun); backlash; reactive force
后尘
lit. trailing dust; fig. sb's footsteps; course in life
后壁
Houpi township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan
后壁乡
Houbi township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan
后天
the day after tomorrow; acquired (not innate); a posteriori
后天性
acquired (characteristic etc)
后学
junior scholar or pupil in imperial China
后宫
harem; chambers of imperial concubines
后庭
backyard; imperial harem; (slang) anus
后影
rear view; figure seen from behind; view of the back (of a person or object)
后怕
lingering fear; fear after the event; post-traumatic stress
后悔莫及
too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.
后患无穷
it will cause no end of trouble (idiom)
后感
afterthought; reflection after an event; a review (of a movie etc)
后感觉
after-sensation; after-impression
后援
reinforcement; back-up; supporting force
后摇
post-rock (music genre)
后摇滚
post-rock (music genre)
后撤
to pull back (an army); to retreat
后方
the rear; far behind the front line
后日
the day after tomorrow; from hence; from now; from now on; henceforth
后晋
Later Jin of the Five Dynasties (936-946)
后会有期
I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom); Hope to see you again.
后会无期
to meet again at unspecified date; meeting postponed indefinitely
后期
late stage; later period
后果
consequences; aftermath
后梁
Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923)
后段
final part; rear; back end; final segment; the following section; last paragraph
后凉
Later Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (386-403)
后汉
Later Han or Eastern Han dynasty (25-220); Later Han of the Five Dynasties (947-950)
后汉书
History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed by Fan Ye 範曄|范晔[Fan4 Ye4] in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4], 120 scrolls
后燕
Later Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-409)
后生
young generation; youth; young man
后生动物
metazoa; the animal kingdom
后生可畏
the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom); the younger generations will surpass us in time
后秦
Later Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-417)
后空翻
backward somersault; backflip
后缘
trailing edge (of airplane wing)
后继乏人
see 後繼無人|后继无人[hou4 ji4 wu2 ren2]
后继有人
to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
后继无人
to have no qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
后续
follow-up; (dialect) to remarry
后置
to place after (e.g. in grammar); postposition
后置修饰语
postmodifier (grammar)
后置词
postposition; suffix; word placed after
后背
the back (human anatomy); the back part of sth
后脑
hindbrain; back of the head
后脚
(one moment ...,) the next ...; trailing foot (in walking)
后盖
back cover; shell (of crab etc)
后藤
Gotō (Japanese surname)
后卫
rear guard; backfield; fullback
后西游记
one of three Ming dynasty sequels to Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记
后诊
postoperative examination
后话
something to be taken up later in speech or writing
后账
undisclosed account; to settle matters later; to blame sb after the event
后起之秀
an up-and-coming youngster; new talent; a brilliant younger generation
后赵
Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350)
后路
escape route; retreat route; communication lines to the rear; alternative course of action; room for maneuver
后车之鉴
lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart; fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor; learn from past mistake; once bitten twice shy
后车架
luggage carrier (bicycle)
后退
to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat
后送医院
evacuation hospital (military)
后进
less advanced; underdeveloped; lagging behind; the younger generation; the less experienced ones
后进先出
to come late and leave first; last in, first out (LIFO)
后遗症
(medicine) sequelae; residual effects; (fig.) repercussions; aftermath
后边儿
erhua variant of 後邊|后边[hou4 bian5]
后金
Later Jin dynasty (from 1616-); Manchu Khanate or kingdom that took over as Qing dynasty in 1644
后钩
(dialect) unfinished business; trailing sound
后钩儿
erhua variant of 後鉤|后钩[hou4 gou1]
后门
the back door; fig. under the counter (indirect way for influence or pressure); anus
后附
attachment; appendix; addendum
后院
rear court; back garden; backyard (also fig.)
后院起火
a fire in one's backyard; conflict close to home
后面
rear; back; behind; later; afterwards; also pr. [hou4 mian5]
后头
behind; the back; the rear; later; afterwards; (in) the future
后顾之忧
fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action); worries about the future consequences; often in negative expressions, meaning 'no worries about anything'
后验概率
posterior probability (statistics)
后魏
Wei of the Northern Dynasties 386-534
后鼻音
velar nasal; consonant ng or ŋ produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against the soft palate
后龙
Houlung town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
后龙镇
Houlung town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan
猴儿精
(dialect) shrewd; clever
猴子偷桃
'monkey steals the peach' (martial arts), distracting an opponent with one hand and seizing his testicles with the other; (coll.) grabbing sb by the balls
猴年
Year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004)
猴年马月
long time off; time that will never come
猴急
impatient; to be in a rush (to do sth); anxious; fretful; agitated
猴拳
Hou Quan - 'Monkey Fist' - Martial Art
猴王
Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, character with supernatural powers in the novel Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记[Xi1 you2 Ji4]
猴面包
see 猴麵包樹|猴面包树[hou2 mian4 bao1 shu4]
猴面包树
boabab tree; monkey-bread tree; Adansonia digitata (botany)
骺软骨板
epiphyseal plate; growth plate (bone)
鲎鱼
horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus)