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Meaning of 后

Pinyin hòu

Radical

口

Strokes

Definition

empress / queen / surname, back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later

Usage

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后 (hòu) Meaning: 1. 君主；帝王。 (Sovereign; emperor.) 2. 帝王的正妻。 (Empress; queen.) 3. 诸候。 (Dukes or princes under an emperor.) 4. 指空间在背面，反面的，与“前”相对。 (Referring to the back, opposite of "front.") 5. 时间较晚，与“先”相对。 (Later in time; opposite of "earlier.") 6. 指次序，与“前”相对。 (Referring to sequence; opposite of "before.") 7. 子孙。 (Offspring; descendants.) 8. 姓。 (Surname.) Additional Meanings: 1. 同本义 (Sovereign) ([En.] sovereign) 2. 帝王的妻子 (Empress; queen) ([En.] empress; queen) 3. 古代指列国诸侯 (Dukes or princes under an emperor) ([En.] dukes or princes under an emperor) 4. 古代对长官、郡守或将领的尊称 (High official) ([En.] high official) 5. 指后土。对大地的尊称 (The earth) ([En.] the earth) 6. 姓。 ([En.] surname) 后 (hòu) Meaning as a verb: 1. 迟到，走在后。 (Be late; arrive later.) ([En.] be (or come, arrive) late) 2. 承继。 (Inherit.) ([En.] inherit) 后 (hòu) Meaning as a noun: 1. 后代，子孙。 (Male offspring.) ([En.] male offspring) 2. 后世。 (Posterity.) ([En.] posterity) 3. 次序在后。 (Later.) ([En.] later) 4. 指肛门。 (Anus.) ([En.] anus) 后 (hòu) Meaning as an adjective: 1. 时间较迟或较晚。与“先”相对。 (Later; after; compared to "earlier.") ([En.] later; after) 2. 后面，位置在后。 (Behind; back.) ([En.] behind; back)

嗣后 sì hòu

from then on / after / afterwards / thereafter

然后 rán hòu

after / then (afterwards) / after that / afterwards

最后 zuì hòu

final / last / finally / ultimate

后面 hòu miàn

rear / back / behind / later / afterwards / also pr. [hou4 mian5]

随后 suí hòu

soon after

后来 hòu lái

afterwards / later

后者 hòu zhě

the latter

皇后 huáng hòu

empress / imperial consort

此后 cǐ hòu

after this / afterwards / hereafter

落后 luò hòu

to fall behind / to lag (in technology etc) / backward / to retrogress

身后 shēn hòu

posthumous / one's social background / behind the body

后期 hòu qī

late stage / later period

日后 rì hòu

sometime / someday (in the future)

后果 hòu guǒ

consequences / aftermath

战后 zhàn hòu

after the war / postwar

后唐 Hòu Táng

Later Tang of the Five Dynasties (923-936)

售后服务 shòu hòu fú wù

after-sales service

善后 shàn hòu

to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident) / funeral arrangements / reparations

后堂 hòu táng

Back hall

前堵后追 qián dǔ hòu zhuī

Chase after blocking

后备 hòu bèi

reserve / backup

后妃 hòu fēi

imperial wives and concubines

后妈 hòu mā

(coll.) stepmother

婚后 hūn hòu

after wedding / after marriage

后卫 hòu wèi

rear guard / backfield / fullback

总后勤部 Zǒng hòu qín bù

(military) General Logistics Department

后勤部 hòu qín bù

logistics department / rear-service department

后脑勺 hòu nǎo sháo

back of the head

午后 wǔ hòu

afternoon

后宫 hòu gōng

harem / chambers of imperial concubines

后宰门 hòu zǎi mén

Back door

后尘 hòu chén

lit. trailing dust / fig. sb's footsteps / course in life

屋后 wū hòu

Behind the house

幕后 mù hòu

behind the scenes

后悔 hòu huǐ

to regret / to repent

往后 wǎng hòu

from now on / in the future / time to come

前后 qián hòu

around / from beginning to end / all around / front and rear

劫后 jié hòu

Aftermath

劫后余生 jié hòu yú shēng

after the calamity, renewed life (idiom); new lease of life

后劲 hòu jìn

aftereffect / delayed effect / gather more and more momentum

后顾之忧 hòu gù zhī yōu

fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action) / worries about the future consequences / often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"

后怕 hòu pà

lingering fear / fear after the event / post-traumatic stress

争先恐后 zhēng xiān kǒng hòu

striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another

后悔莫及 hòu huǐ mò jí

too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.

后患 hòu huàn

future trouble

后患无穷 hòu huàn wú qióng

it will cause no end of trouble (idiom)

惩前毖后 chéng qián bì hòu

lit. to punish those before to prevent those after (idiom); to criticize former mistakes firmly to prevent them happening again

扯后腿 chě hòu tuǐ

to be a drag or hindrance on sb

前呼后拥 qián hū hòu yōng

have a retinue before and behind / be accompanied by a retinue

后掠角 hòu lüè jiǎo

sweepback / backward sweep

后援 hòu yuán

reinforcement / back-up / supporting force

其后 qí hòu

next / later / after that

后撤 hòu chè

to pull back (an army) / to retreat

敌后 dí hòu

enemy's rear area

先斩后奏 xiān zhǎn hòu zòu

first decapitate then present your trophy (idiom); act first, report later

后晋 Hòu Jìn

Later Jin of the Five Dynasties (936-946)

后晌 hòu shǎng

afternoon

术后 shù hòu

postoperation

后勤 hòu qín

logistics

先后 xiān hòu

early or late / priority / in succession / one after another

前倨后恭 qián jù hòu gōng

to switch from arrogance to deference (idiom)

歇后语 xiē hòu yǔ

saying in which the second part, uttered after a pause or totally left out, is the intended meaning of the allegory presented in the first part

殿后 diàn hòu

to bring up the rear

滞后 zhì hòu

to lag behind

滞后性 zhì hòu xìng

hysteresis quality / hysteretic nature

最后通牒 zuì hòu tōng dié

ultimatum

以后 yǐ hòu

after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future

前仰后合 qián yǎng hòu hé

to sway to and fro / to rock back and forth

后爹 hòu diē

stepfather

后生可畏 hòu shēng kě wèi

the young will be redoubtable in the years to come (idiom) / the younger generations will surpass us in time

后遗症 hòu yí zhèng

(medicine) sequelae / residual effects / (fig.) repercussions / aftermath

后盾 hòu dùn

support / backing

瞻前顾后 zhān qián gù hòu

to look forward and back / to consider prudently / overcautious

后起之秀 hòu qǐ zhī xiù

an up-and-coming youngster / new talent / a brilliant younger generation

秋后 qiū hòu

after autumn / after the autumn harvest

前仆后继 qián pū hòu jì

one falls, the next follows (idiom); stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades / advancing wave upon wave

今后 jīn hòu

hereafter / henceforth / in the future / from now on

后秦 Hòu Qín

Later Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-417)

后移 hòu yí

rearward shift / backward lead / cutback / retrusion / retroposition

稍后 shāo hòu

in a little while / in a moment / later on

后窗 hòu chuāng

backlight / rear window

雨后春笋 yǔ hòu chūn sǔn

lit. after rain, the spring bamboo (idiom); fig. rapid new growth / many new things emerge in rapid succession

后羿 Hòu Yì

Houyi, mythological Chinese archer whose wife was Chang'e

后续 hòu xù

follow-up / (dialect) to remarry

后缀 hòu zhuì

suffix (linguistics)

后缘 hòu yuán

trailing edge (of airplane wing)

而后 ér hòu

after that / then

后肢 hòu zhī

hind legs

背后 bèi hòu

behind / at the back / in the rear / behind sb's back

后背 hòu bèi

the back (human anatomy) / the back part of sth

后脑 hòu nǎo

hindbrain / back of the head

后腰 hòu yāo

lower back / (sports) defensive midfielder

之后 zhī hòu

afterwards / following / later / after

后继乏人 hòu jì fá rén

see 後繼無人|后继无人[hou4 ji4 wu2 ren2]

后世 hòu shì

later generations

后腿 hòu tuǐ

hind leg / rear leg

后舱 hòu cāng

rear compartment

后裔 hòu yì

descendant

蚁后 yǐ hòu

queen ant

后襟 hòu jīn

the back of a chinese robe or jacket