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诸侯

zhūhóu

dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

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dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 诸侯 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 诸侯 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

天子建国, 诸侯立家。tiān zi jiàn guó, zhū hóu lì jiā。

No published English translation for this sentence.

汉、赵、魏三国是中原的诸侯,其性情和平,政治稳定,百姓厌战,熟悉兵法,轻视将军,俸禄微薄,士兵无力拼死作战,因此能够很好地治理国家而不需任命他们。hàn、 zhào、 wèi sān guó shì zhōng yuán de zhū hóu, qí xìng qíng hé píng, zhèng zhì wěn dìng, bǎi xìng yàn zhàn, shú xī bīng fǎ, qīng shì jiāng jūn, fèng lù wēi bó, shì bīng wú lì pīn sǐ zuò zhàn, yīn cǐ néng gòu hěn hǎo dì zhì lǐ guó jiā ér bù xū rèn mìng tā men。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 诸侯.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 诸侯.

Directly before

  • 的诸侯1

Directly after

  • 诸侯立家1
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Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 诸侯

What does 诸侯 mean in Chinese?

诸侯 (zhūhóu) means dukes or princes who rule a part of the country under the emperor; local rulers.

How do you pronounce 诸侯?

诸侯 is pronounced zhūhóu.

Is 诸侯 an HSK word?

诸侯 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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