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

趙 hòu zhào Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350)
路 hòu lù escape route; retreat route; communication lines to the rear; alternative course of action; room for maneuver
車之鑒 hòu chē zhī jiàn lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart; fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor; learn from past mistake; once bitten twice shy
車架 hòu chē jià luggage carrier (bicycle)
車軸 hòu chē zhóu back axle (of car)
輩 hòu bèi younger generation
輪 hòu lún rear wheel
退 hòu tuì to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat
送 hòu sòng evacuation (military)
送醫院 hòu sòng yī yuàn evacuation hospital (military)
進 hòu jìn less advanced; underdeveloped; lagging behind; the younger generation; the less experienced ones
進先出 hòu jìn xiān chū to come late and leave first; last in, first out (LIFO)
遺症 hòu yí zhèng (medicine) sequelae; residual effects; (fig.) repercussions; aftermath
邊 hòu bian back; rear; behind
邊兒 hòu bian r erhua variant of 後邊|后边[hou4 bian5]
部 hòu bù back section
金 hòu jīn Later Jin dynasty (from 1616-); Manchu Khanate or kingdom that took over as Qing dynasty in 1644
鉤 hòu gōu (dialect) unfinished business; trailing sound
鉤兒 hòu gōu r erhua variant of 後鉤|后钩[hou4 gou1]
門 hòu mén the back door; fig. under the counter (indirect way for influence or pressure); anus
附 hòu fù attachment; appendix; addendum
院 hòu yuàn rear court; back garden; backyard (also fig.)
院起火 hòu yuàn qǐ huǒ a fire in one's backyard; conflict close to home
面 hòu miàn rear; back; behind; later; afterwards; also pr. [hou4 mian5]
頭 hòu tou behind; the back; the rear; later; afterwards; (in) the future