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後 hòu

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後 hòu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hòu | hou4
English translation
after; behind, rear; descendants

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About 後 hòu

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Number of strokes

9

Traditional form

後 hòu

Contains the radical

彳 chì

Part of speech

Name of a person / 人名 rén míng Rénmíng

Learning hint

One step 彳 chì coming behind another 夂 zhǐ ; 幺 yāo provides the pronunciation

Etymology of 後 hòu

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Type

ideographic

Positional decomposition

⿰彳 chì ⿱幺夂

Explanation

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

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Example sentences using 後 hòu

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柳 liǔ 橙 chéng 里 lǐ 的 de 汁 zhī 去掉 qù diào 後 hòu , 只 zhǐ 剩下 shèng xià 不 bù 可口 kěkǒu 的 de 肉 ròu 了 le .

After the abstraction of the juice from the orange, only a tasteless pulp is left.

有些 yǒu xiē 人 rén 相信 xiāngxìn 他们 tā men 死 sǐ 後 hòu 可能 kěnéng 转 zhuǎn 生 shēng 为 wéi 动物 dòngwù .

Some people believe they may reincarnate in the form of an animal.

Words with 後 hòu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
后 Hòu back後 hòu
然后 ránhòu after然後
最后 zuìhòu final最後
之后 zhī hòu afterwards之後
以后 yǐ hòu after以後
后面 hòumian rear後面
后来 hòulái later後來
随后 suí hòu soon after隨後
今后 jīn hòu hereafter今後
背后 bèi hòu behind背後
后悔 hòuhuǐ to regret後悔
先后 xiān hòu priority先後
后果 hòuguǒ consequences後果
落后 luòhòu to fall behind落後
身后 shēn hòu posthumous身後
前后 qián hòu around前後
此后 cǐ hòu after this此後
后者 hòu zhě the latter後者
皇后 huánghòu empress皇后 huánghòu
过后 guò hòu after the event過後
后卫 hòu wèi rear guard後衛
后退 hòu tuì to recoil後退
幕后 mù hòu behind the scenes幕後
稍后 shāo hòu in a moment稍後

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