后

hòuㄏㄡˋ

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HSK 1 TOCFL 5

Meaning

Meanings

1
surname Hou
2
empress
3
queen
4
(archaic) monarch
5
ruler

Examples

See it in context

十年后，我们的城市将改变许多。

十年後，我們的城市將改變許多。

In ten years our town will change a lot.

我做完我的功课后，就读这本书。

我做完我的功課後，就讀這本書。

I read the book after I had finished my homework.

我做完我的功课后，就读这本书。

我做完我的功課後，就讀這本書。

This is the book I read after finishing my homework.

你多久后需要它？

你多久後需要它？

How soon do you need it?

几分钟后，电话响了。

幾分鐘後，電話響了。

A few minutes later the telephone rang.

Characters

Character breakdown

口

kǒu

mouth

Related: 后

之后

zhī hòu

after; behind

今后

jīn hòu

hereafter

以后

yǐ hòu

after

先后

xiān hòu

early or late; first and last; priority

前后

qián hòu

around

后代

hòu dài

descendant; progeny

后来

hòu lái

afterwards; later

后天

hòu tiān

the day after tomorrow

Stroke practice

Practice writing 后

Characters

simplified script

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