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后代 hòudài

后代 hòudài Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 4 English Translations of the word 后代 hòudài .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hòudài | hou4 dai4
English translation
posterity
later periods
later ages
later generations

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Traditional form

後代

Part of speech

Time word / 时间词 Shíjiān cí
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Etymology of 后代 hòudài

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Hòu

Explanation

Hòu (empress) and its mirror image (take charge) were originally used interchangeably. The origin of both characters is unclear. In simplified Chinese Hòu is also used to mean "after, behind", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a sepa

Positional decomposition

⿸? kǒu

Number of Strokes

6
dài

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. rén represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Positional decomposition

亻弋

Number of Strokes

5

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Example sentences using 后代 hòudài

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后代 hòudài 这个 zhè ge àn fān le 过来 guò lái .

The posterity reversed the verdict.

母马容忍 róngrěn 后代 hòudài 粗暴 cū bào 野蛮 yěmán de 程度 chéngdù Jiào rén 意外 yìwài .

Mares are surprisingly tolerant of the roughness and rudeness of their own offspring.

摄影师 shè yǐng shī yòng 摄像机 shè xiàng jī wéi 后代 hòudài 记录 jìlù xià le 这个 zhè ge 场景 chǎng jǐng

A photographer recorded the scene on video for posterity.

当然 dāngrán bìng shì 所有 suǒyǒu de 酗酒 xùjiǔ zhě 吸毒者 dōu huì 生育 shēngyù chū 正常 zhèngcháng de 后代 hòudài

Of course, not all alcoholics and drug abusers produce deviant offspring.

后代 hòudài Decomposition

See the 5 Chinese characters that make up 后代 hòudài and their own compounds.

后代 hòudài Compounds

See all 29 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 后代 hòudài in their composition.

  • Hòu
    • hòu , gòu , gòu , hòu , gòu , Hòu , hóu , hòu , , , 缿, , gòu , ,
  • dài
    • dài
    • dài , dài , dài , dài , dài , jiàn , dài , , , , , ,
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