| 1 | 后 | 后 | hòu | hou4 | back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-; empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler; surname Hou | | |
| 2 | 后来 | 後來 | hòu lái | hou4 lai2 | afterwards; later | | |
| 3 | 后面 | 後面 | hòu miàn | hou4 mian4 | rear; back; behind; later; afterwards; also pr. hou4 mian5 | | |
| 4 | 后者 | 後者 | hòu zhě | hou4 zhe3 | the latter | | |
| 5 | 后果 | 後果 | hòu guǒ | hou4 guo3 | consequences; aftermath | | |
| 6 | 后期 | 後期 | hòu qī | hou4 qi1 | late stage; later period | | |
| 7 | 后代 | 後代 | hòu dài | hou4 dai4 | descendant; progeny; posterity; later ages; later generations | | |
| 8 | 后边 | 後邊 | hòu bian | hou4 bian5 | back; rear; behind | | |
| 9 | 后方 | 後方 | hòu fāng | hou4 fang1 | the rear; far behind the front line | | |
| 10 | 后悔 | 後悔 | hòu huǐ | hou4 hui3 | to regret; to repent | | |
| 11 | 后天 | 後天 | hòu tiān | hou4 tian1 | the day after tomorrow; acquired (not innate); a posteriori | | |
| 12 | 后世 | 後世 | hòu shì | hou4 shi4 | future events; and what happened next... (in fiction); funeral arrangements; later generations | | |
| 13 | 后人 | 後人 | hòu rén | hou4 ren2 | later generation | | |
| 14 | 后退 | 後退 | hòu tuì | hou4 tui4 | to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat | | |
| 15 | 后进 | 後進 | hòu jìn | hou4 jin4 | Later Jin of the Five Dynasties (936-946); ; Aftermath; ; less advanced; underdeveloped; lagging behind; the younger generation; the less experienced ones | | |
| 16 | 后生 | 後生 | hòu shēng | hou4 sheng1 | young generation; youth; young man | | |
| 17 | 后门 | 後門 | hòu mén | hou4 men2 | the back door; fig. under the counter (indirect way for influence or pressure); anus | | |
| 18 | 后裔 | 後裔 | hòu yì | hou4 yi4 | Houyi, mythological Chinese archer whose wife was Chang'e; descendant | | |
| 19 | 后台 | 後台 | hòu tái | hou4 tai2 | backstage area; behind-the-scenes supporter; (computing) back-end; background | | |
| 20 | 后备 | 後備 | hòu bèi | hou4 bei4 | the back (human anatomy); the back part of sth; younger generation; reserve; backup | | |
| 21 | 后头 | 後頭 | hòu tou | hou4 tou5 | behind; the back; the rear; later; afterwards; (in) the future | | |
| 22 | 后肢 | 後肢 | hòu zhī | hou4 zhi1 | hind legs | | |
| 23 | 后海 | 後海 | hòu hǎi | Hou4 hai3 | Houhai, a lake and the area surrounding it in central Beijing | | |
| 24 | 后梢 | 後梢 | hòu shāo | hou4 shao1 | stern (of a boat) | | |
| 25 | 后半生 | 後半生 | hòu bàn shēng | hou4 ban4 sheng1 | latter half of one's life | | |