Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- hòu
- Hòu
English
- queen, empress, sovereign
- surname Hou
- empress
- (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after
- queen
- (archaic) monarch
- ruler
- queen consort; empress; wife of a king or an emperor
- female pioneer or best in class of a particular thing, i.e. a figurative queen of something
粵語
- 君王嘅正妻
- 某領域嘅女性先鋒或者高手
As a component in · 49
Variants
Words containing 后
- 皇后wong4 hau6
empress
- 影后jing2 hau6
movie queen; best actress award winner
- 天后tin1 hau6
Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu 媽祖|妈祖[Ma1 zu3]
- 太后taai3 hau6
Empress Dowager
- 王后wong4 hau6
queen
- 后土hau6 tou2
Earth Deity (often paired with 皇天[Huang2 tian1], August Heaven)
- 后冠hau6 gun1
crown or tiara of a queen, empress or beauty pageant winner
- 蟻后ngai5 hau6
queen ant
- 蜂后fung1 hau6
queen bee
- 視后si6 hau6
best television actress
- 歌后go1 hau6
diva; famous or accomplished female singer
- 封后fung1 hau6
to confer the title of queen
- 后妃hau6 fei1
imperial wives and concubines
- 后海灣hau6 hoi2 waan1
Deep Bay, a bay in Hong Kong
- 后座hau6 zo6
empress's throne
- 母后mou5 hau6
(historical) form of address used by an emperor or imperial children for their mother (the empress or the empress dowager)
- 帝后dai3 hau6
empress
- 仙后座sin1 hau6 zo6
Cassiopeia (constellation)
- 后羿hau6 ngai6
Houyi, mythological Chinese archer whose wife was Chang'e
- 一皇多后jat1 wong4 do1 hau6
group sex with one man and many women [written and colloquial]
- 一皇兩后jat1 wong4 loeng5 hau6
a threesome with one man and two woman [written and colloquial]
- 一皇雙后jat1 wong4 soeng1 hau6
a threesome with one man and two woman [written and colloquial]
- 皇太后wong4 taai3 hau6
empress dowager
- 皇后區wong4 hau6 keoi1
Queens, one of the five boroughs of New York City