English
Hou
Hou comes from Chinese 侯.
- Chinesemodern侯Hóu
- Englishearliest quotation 1991Hou
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Chinesemodern侯Hóu
- Englishearliest quotation 1991Hou
Earliest quotation: 1991, 1991 February 15, Hou Zongbin Visits Grass-Roots Workers: “Comrade Hou Zongbin came to the environmental sanitation transfer…”
Every English word from Chinese 侯
Today it means
name A surname from Mandarin.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Chinese 侯 / Hou