# hou  (en -> en)

> A surname from Mandarin.

**Part of speech:** name

## Forms

plural

## Examples

- Comrade Hou Zongbin came to the environmental sanitation transfer station on (Ninggong) Road, Erqi District, and warmly clasped hands with two workers (Chu Yuwen) and (Zhao Dongfang), voicing his thanks to more than 2,400 environmental sanitation workers throughout the city, including these two, who had been working so hard that the people in the provincial capital could enjoy a happy, civilized, and peaceful Spring Festival, and wishing them good health and family happiness.
- 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.

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