Chinese Word: 后 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

后 (Trad.: 後)HSK 1

Pinyin: hòu

English Definition: back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-; empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler

Chinese Definition:
①上古称君主：商之先后(先王)。
②帝王的妻子：皇后。太后。
③指空间在背面，反面的，与“前”相对：后窗户。后面。后学。后缀。后进。
④时间较晚，与“先”相对：日后。后福。后期。
⑤指次序，与“前”相对：后排。后十名。
⑥子孙：后辈。后嗣。后裔。后昆。无后(没有子孙)。
⑦姓氏。

Antonyms: 前先

Total strokes: 6; Radical: 口

Ideograph : Person learning forward(厂一) to orders from a person's mouth 口

Character Formation:

⿸ Surround from upper left
- 口 [ kǒu ] mouth; entrance, gate, opening

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Example Words

之后	zhī hòu	afterwards; following; later; after
最后	zuì hòu	final; last; finally; ultimate	HSK 3
以后	yǐ hòu	after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
后来	hòu lái	afterwards; later	HSK 3
然后	rán hòu	after; then (afterwards); after that; afterwards	HSK 3

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1		tā 他 bàn nián 半年 hòu 后 huí lai 回来。 He will come back after half a year.
2		tā 他 zuò 坐 zài 在 wǒ 我 hòu bian 后边。 He is sitting behind me.
3		qǐng 请 zhàn 站 dào 到 hòu tou 后头 lái 来。 Please stand at the back.
4		zuì hòu 最后 yí dào 一道 tí 题 hěn nán 很难。 The last question was very difficult.
5		wǒ 我 de 的 shēng rì 生日 shì 是 hòu tiān 后天。 My birthday is the day after tomorrow.

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1		tā 他 bàn nián 半年 hòu 后 huí lai 回来。 He will come back after half a year.
2		tā 他 zuò 坐 zài 在 wǒ 我 hòu bian 后边。 He is sitting behind me.
3		qǐng 请 zhàn 站 dào 到 hòu tou 后头 lái 来。 Please stand at the back.
4		zuì hòu 最后 yí dào 一道 tí 题 hěn nán 很难。 The last question was very difficult.
5		wǒ 我 de 的 shēng rì 生日 shì 是 hòu tiān 后天。 My birthday is the day after tomorrow.

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