hòu

behind; after; later

Character data

Radical ⼻ (60.6)
Strokes 9
SIMPLIFIED

Definitions

後 hòu
  1. 1. behind
  2. 2. after
  3. 3. later
  4. 4. afterwards
  5. 5. back
  6. 6. rear
  7. 7. post-
  8. 8. empress
  9. 9. queen
  10. 10. surname Hou
  11. 11. ruler
  12. 12. (archaic) monarch

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Words containing 後

Word Meaning
Later Han or Eastern Han dynasty (25-220)
Book of the Later Han; history of Eastern Han
rearview mirror (Tw)
taillight
Later Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-409)
stepfather
postmodernism
young man; youth; young generation
the animal kingdom; metazoa
the younger generations will surpass us in time
afterdeck
support; backing
Later Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-417)
backflip; backward somersault
backend (computing)
suffix (linguistics)
trailing edge (of airplane wing)
to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
no one to carry on one’s work
follow-up; (dialect) to remarry
to place after (e.g. in grammar); postposition
postmodifier (grammar)
postposition; word placed after; suffix
back wing (of insect)