WordTaiwan frequency #14,950
侯孝賢
ㄏㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ
“Hou Hsiao-hsien; Taiwanese film director known for slow, contemplative cinema.”
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侯
ㄏㄡˊ
Marquis, the second highest rank of ancient Chinese nobility; nobleman; high official; surname; target for arrows; a polite form of address among scholars.
孝
ㄒㄧㄠˋ
filial piety; devotion to parents; mourning clothes or rites; mourning rites; a surname
賢
ㄒㄧㄢˊ
Virtuous or worthy person; able; good; a respectful term for someone of the same or younger generation; to respect or value; to surpass.
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- 諸侯ㄓㄨ ㄏㄡˊfeudal lords or princes who ruled territories under an emperor; local rulers in ancient China.
- 孝順ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄕㄨㄣˋfilial; dutiful to parents and elders; showing filial piety; (in Taiwan) giving gifts or money to parents or elders
- 林聰賢ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄘㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄢˊLin Congxian; Taiwanese politician; served as Minister of the Council of Agriculture of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
- 忠孝ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄠˋloyalty to one's country; filial devotion to one's parents; loyalty and filial piety
- 孝莊ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄓㄨㄤposthumous title of Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang (1613–1688), prominent Qing dynasty consort and regent
- 忠孝東路ㄓㄨㄥ ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄨㄥ ㄌㄨˋmajor east–west road and commercial axis in Taipei
- 孝道ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄠˋfilial piety; the spirit and principles of respecting and caring for one's parents and elders
- 聖賢ㄕㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊa sage; a wise and holy person; a virtuous ruler; (in Buddhist contexts) a lama or enlightened being; (archaic) wine.
- 不孝ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄠˋlacking filial duty toward parents; failing to fulfill children's obligations to parents; self-deprecating term used by a son in mourning
- 孝子ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄗˇfilial son; person who serves parents with devotion; person in mourning for a parent; self-address by a child at a funeral; (slang) doting parent who spoils their child
- 孝敬ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄐㄧㄥˋto show filial respect; to offer gifts to elders or superiors
- 孝心ㄒㄧㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄣdevotion and respect toward one's parents and elders; filial piety