后 (後) hòu
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hòu
noun
after; later
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: Traditional: 後; in time, the opposite of 先 (FE '後' 1; Guoyu '後' n 1; Unihan '後'; XHZD '后' 3) -
hòu
noun
empress; queen
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 后, in the sense of 王后 or 皇后; modern traditional sources use 后, however, some historic sources use 後 for this sense (FE '后' 1; Guoyu '后' n 3; Hucker 1985 '后', p. 225; Kroll 2015 '后' 2a, p. 163; XHZD '后' 2) -
hòu
noun
sovereign
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 后; in the sense of 君王 (Guoyu '后' n 1; Kroll 2015 '后' 1, p. 163; XHZD '后' 1) -
hòu
adverb
behind
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 后 or 後; the opposite of 前 (FE '后' 3; Guoyu '后' adj; Kroll 2015 '後' 1, p. 163) -
hòu
noun
the god of the earth
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 后; as in 后土 (FE '后' 2; Kroll 2015 '后' 1a, p. 163) -
hòu
adjective
late; later
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 後 (Guoyu '後' adj; Kroll 2015 '後' 2, p. 163) -
hòu
adverb
arriving late
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 後; in the sense of 迟 (Guoyu '後' adv) -
hòu
noun
offspring; descendents
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 後; synonymous with 子孙 (FE '後' 3; Guoyu '後' n 3; Kroll 2015 '後' 3, p. 163; Unihan '後'; XHZD '后' 4). -
hòu
verb
to fall behind; to lag
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 後; in the sense of 落后 (Guoyu '後' v 1) -
hòu
noun
behind; back
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Traditional: 後; in space, the opposite of 前 (Guoyu '後' n 2; FE '後' 2) -
hòu
adverb
then
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: Traditional: 後 (FE '後' 4) -
hòu
noun
mother of the designated heir; mother of the crown prince
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 后 (Kroll 2015 '后' 2, p. 163) -
hòu
proper noun
Hou
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: Traditional: 後 (FE '後' 5; Guoyu '後' n 4) -
hòu
noun
after; behind
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 后 (FE '后' 3) -
hòu
adjective
following
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Traditional: 後; in sequence (Guoyu '後' adj 2) -
hòu
verb
to be delayed
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 後; in the sense of 延缓 (Guoyu '後' v 2) -
hòu
verb
to abandon; to discard
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 後; in the sense of 摒弃 (Guoyu '後' v 3) -
hòu
noun
feudal lords
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Traditional: 后; in the sense of 诸侯 (Guoyu '后' n 2) -
hòu
proper noun
Hou
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: Traditional: 后 (Guoyu '后' n 4)
Contained in
- 善后(善後) to deal with the aftermath (arising from an accident); funeral arrangements; reparations
- 鸡尸牛后(雞尸牛後) chicken body and ox buttocks; better to be the leader of a small team than an unimportant person in a large team
- 后备箱(後備箱) trunk; boot (of a car)
- 天后 empress
- 腿后腱(腿後腱) hamstring muscle
- 后院起火(後院起火) a fire in one's backyard; conflict close to home
- 后词汇加工(後詞彙加工) post-lexical access
- 须后(須後) aftershave
- 后缘(後緣) trailing edge (of airplane wing)
- 后脑勺(後腦勺) back of the head
- 后付(後付) payment made afterwards; postpaid
- 吃后悔药(吃後悔藥) (fig.) to regret (doing sth)
- 后摇(後搖) post-rock
- 真后生动物(真後生動物) eumetazoa; subkingdom of animals excluding sponges
- 后知识经济(後知識經濟) post-knowledge economy
- 后面(後面) rear; back ; behind; afterwards; later
- 饭后百步走,活到九十九(飯後百步走,活到九十九) walk a hundred steps after each meal and you will live a long life
- 酒后驾驶(酒後駕駛) driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI)
- 餐后酒(餐後酒) digestif
- 死后(死後) after death; posthumous
- 渐次后退(漸次後退) retreated one by one
- 前后文(前後文) context; the surrounding words
- 后夜(後夜) early hours of the morning
- 尔后(爾後) henceforth; thereafter; subsequently
- 后味(後味) aftertaste
- 后腰(後腰) lower back
- 最后的晚餐(最後的晚餐) the Last Supper (in the Christian Passion story)
- 刀不磨要生锈,人不学要落后(刀不磨要生銹,人不學要落後) a blade will get rusty if it is not sharpened; a man will fall behind if he doesn't study
- 稍后(稍後) in a little while; in a moment; later on
- 后备军(後備軍) rearguard
- 后挡板(後擋板) backboard
- 无后(無後) to lack male offspring
- 后脚(後腳) (one moment ...,) the next ...; trailing foot (in walking)
- 谁笑到最后,谁笑得最好(誰笑到最後,誰笑得最好) He laughs best who laughs last.
- 大难不死,必有后福(大難不死,必有後福) one is bound for good fortune after surviving a great disaster
- 鞍前马后(鞍前馬後) the saddle before the horse; officious
- 后母(後母) stepmother
Also contained in
后里乡 、 后汉书 、 乌拉特后旗 、 半开后不圆唇元音 、 后壁 、 武宣卞皇后 、 武后 、 科尔沁左翼后旗 、 后废帝 、 清龈后擦音 、 龈后 、 后缀 、 孝庄太后 、 太后
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷30 志第25 地理中 Volume 30 Treatises 25: Geography 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 318
- 卷十四 列傳第二: 后妃下 Volume 14 Biographies 2: Empresses and Consorts 1 History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 166
- 卷17 志第12 律曆中 Volume 17 Treatises 12: Measures and the Calendar 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 165
- 卷113 官氏志九 Volume 113 Treatise 9: Official Ranks Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 153
- 卷四十五 志第二十一 地理六 Volume 45 Treatises 21: Geography 6 History of Ming 明史 — count: 143
- 卷七十六 列傳第一 后妃上 Volume 76 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts 1 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 142
- 卷106上 地形志二上 Volume 106a Treatise 2: Terrain 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 141
- 卷106中 地形志二中 Volume 106b Treatise 2: Terrain 2 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 139
- 卷三十三 志第十三: 曆二 Volume 33 Treatises 13: Calendar 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 133
- 卷三十九 志第十九: 地理二 Volume 39 Treatises 19: Geography 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 116
Collocations
- 群后 (群後) 班瑞于群后 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 舜典 Yu Shu - Canon of Shun — count: 8
- 三后 (三後) 三后在天 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧下武 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Xia Wu — count: 4
- 后车 (後車) 命彼後車 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧魚藻之什‧緜蠻 Minor odes of the kingdom - Yu Zao Zhi Shen - Mian Man — count: 3
- 后德 (後德) 群后德讓 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 益稷 Yu Shu - Yi and Ji — count: 3
- 后王 (後王) 樹後王君公 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 說命中(僞) Shang Shu - Charge to Yue II (forged) — count: 3
- 后予 (後予) 後予極焉 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧魚藻之什‧菀柳 Minor odes of the kingdom - Yu Zao Zhi Shen - Wan Liu — count: 3
- 求后 (求後) 定王使子服求后于齊 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3
- 后克 (後剋) 后克艱厥后 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 大禹謨 Yu Shu - Counsels of the Great Yu — count: 3
- 罔后 (罔後) 今其有今罔後 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 盤庚中 Shang Shu - Pan Geng II — count: 3
- 后亡 (後亡) 可以後亡 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 3