surname Hou

marquis, second of the five orders of ancient Chinese nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]; nobleman; high official

used in 閩侯|闽侯[Min3 hou4] (the name of a place in Fujian)

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

noble house

see 侯馬市|侯马市[Hou2 ma3 Shi4]

Houma, a county-level city in Linfen City 臨汾市|临汾市[Lin2 fen2 Shi4], Shanxi

rebellion against Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁 in 548

(lit.) the gate of a noble house is like the sea (idiom); (fig.) there is a wide gap between the nobility and the common people