| 1 | 后 | 后 | hòu | Hou4 | back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-; empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler; surname Hou | | |
| 2 | 以后 | 以後 | yǐ hòu | yi3 hou4 | after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future | | |
| 3 | 之后 | 之後 | zhī hòu | zhi1 hou4 | afterwards; following; later; after | | |
| 4 | 后来 | 後來 | hòu lái | hou4 lai2 | afterwards; later | | |
| 5 | 然后 | 然後 | rán hòu | ran2 hou4 | after; then (afterwards); after that; afterwards | | |
| 6 | 最后 | 最後 | zuì hòu | zui4 hou4 | final; last; finally; ultimate | | |
| 7 | 落后 | 落後 | luò hòu | luo4 hou4 | to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward; to retrogress | | |
| 8 | 后面 | 後面 | hòu miàn | hou4 mian4 | rear; back; behind; later; afterwards; also pr. hou4 mian5 | | |
| 9 | 先后 | 先後 | xiān hòu | xian1 hou4 | early or late; priority; in succession; one after another | | |
| 10 | 今后 | 今後 | jīn hòu | jin1 hou4 | hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on | | |
| 11 | 后者 | 後者 | hòu zhě | hou4 zhe3 | the latter | | |
| 12 | 前后 | 前後 | qián hòu | qian2 hou4 | around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear | | |
| 13 | 后果 | 後果 | hòu guǒ | hou4 guo3 | consequences; aftermath | | |
| 14 | 随后 | 隨後 | suí hòu | sui2 hou4 | soon after | | |
| 15 | 背后 | 背後 | bèi hòu | bei4 hou4 | behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back | | |
| 16 | 后期 | 後期 | hòu qī | hou4 qi1 | late stage; later period | | |
| 17 | 身后 | 身後 | shēn hòu | shen1 hou4 | posthumous; one's social background; behind the body | | |
| 18 | 此后 | 此後 | cǐ hòu | ci3 hou4 | after this; afterwards; hereafter | | |
| 19 | 战后 | 戰後 | zhàn hòu | zhan4 hou4 | after the war; postwar | | |
| 20 | 解放后 | 解放後 | jiě fàng hòu | jie3 fang4 hou4 | after liberation (i.e. after the Communist's victory); after the establishment of PRC in 1949 | | |
| 21 | 死后 | 死後 | sǐ hòu | si3 hou4 | after death; posthumous | | |
| 22 | 而后 | 而後 | ér hòu | er2 hou4 | after that; then | | |
| 23 | 后代 | 後代 | hòu dài | hou4 dai4 | descendant; progeny; posterity; later ages; later generations | | |
| 24 | 后边 | 後邊 | hòu bian | hou4 bian5 | back; rear; behind | | |
| 25 | 往后 | 往後 | wǎng hòu | wang3 hou4 | from now on; in the future; time to come | | |