hòu

behind, rear, after; descendents

DEFINITIONS

  • behind, rear, after
  • descendents
  • surname Hou
  • empress
  • queen
  • (archaic) monarch
  • ruler
  • back
  • behind
  • rear
  • afterwards
  • after
  • later
  • post-

STROKES

WORDS

yán hòu to postpone; to defer; to delay
彼得書 bǐ dé hòu shū Second Epistle of Peter (in New Testament)
wǎng hòu from now on; in the future; time to come
世 hòu shì later generations
事 hòu shì future events; and what happened next... (in fiction); funeral arrangements
人 hòu rén later generation
付 hòu fù payment made afterwards; postpaid
代 hòu dài descendant; progeny; posterity; later ages; later generations
任 hòu rèn successor; (attributive) future
來 hòu lái afterwards; later
來居上 hòu lái jū shàng lit. late-comer lives above (idiom); the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation; the pupil surpasses the master
信號燈 hòu xìn hào dēng car rear indicator
備 hòu bèi reserve; backup
備箱 hòu bèi xiāng trunk; boot (of a car)
備軍 hòu bèi jūn rearguard
兒 hòu r the day after tomorrow
兩者 hòu liǎng zhě the latter two
加 hòu jiā postposition (grammar)
勤 hòu qín logistics
勤學 hòu qín xué military logistics
半 hòu bàn latter half
半場 hòu bàn chǎng second half (of sporting competition)
半生 hòu bàn shēng latter half of one's life
半葉 hòu bàn yè latter half (of a decade, century etc)
台 hòu tái backstage area; behind-the-scenes supporter; (computing) back-end; background