Hou
name ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Abbreviation of Houston (in Texas). abbreviation, alt-of
- 2 A surname from Chinese.
"According to the court, Tseng claimed the money to pay the salaries of three county council aides, but Tseng colluded with his wife, surnamed Hou (侯), to hire their relatives to pose as aides and pocket the money themselves. It was found that one of the aides continued to receive a salary from April to July 2017 after having quit and remitted the money to Hou."
- 3 A town in Lantian, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
"The present paper deals with a collection of mammalian fossils found in situ by a field team of IVPP in the late Pleistocene sandy clays interbeding [sic] with sands and gravels along the Laochihegou valley in Houzhen Commune, Lantian District, Shensi."
Example
More examples"Hou Rong, the Director of Research at Panda Base since 1994, has raised over 200 baby pandas during her tenure and hopes that one day their work will help pandas thrive outside of captivity."
Etymology
Borrowed from Chinese 侯 (Hóu).
From Mandarin 厚 (Hòu).
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