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
- 无后坐力炮(無後坐力炮) recoilless rifle
- 饭后服用(飯後服用) post cibum (pharm.); to take after a meal
- 后设认知(後設認知) metacognition
- 后援(後援) reinforcement; back-up; supporting force
- 后会有期(後會有期) until we will meet again some day
- 后缘(後緣) trailing edge (of airplane wing)
- 后悔莫及(後悔莫及) too late for regrets; It is useless to repent after the event.
- 后宫(後宮) the rear palace; the womens' quarters ; harem; chambers of imperial concubines
- 后段(後段) final part; rear; back end; final segment; the following section; last paragraph
- 前不着村,后不着店(前不著村,後不著店) no village ahead and no inn behind; to be stranded in the middle of nowhere
- 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
- 后天性(後天性) acquired (characteristic etc)
- 创伤后(創傷後) post-traumatic
- 后继有人(後繼有人) to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
- 先后(先後) start and finish ; in succession ; sisters in law ; to assist
- 后视镜(後視鏡) rearview mirror
- 扯后腿(扯後腿) to be a drag or hindrance on sb
- 后座(後座) back seat; pillion
- 鸡口牛后(雞口牛後) chicken beak and ox buttocks; better to be the leader of a small team than an unimportant person in a large team
- 后掩蔽(後掩蔽) backward masking
- 后悔(後悔) to regret; to repent
- 后羿 Houyi
- 创伤后心理压力紧张综合症(創傷後心理壓力緊張綜合症) post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- 观后感(觀後感) impression or feeling after visiting or watching (movies, museums etc)
- 选美皇后(選美皇后) beauty queen
- 前事不忘,后事之师(前事不忘,後事之師) don't forget past events, they can guide you in future; benefit from past experience
- 绝后(絕後) to sever relations with an heir ; difficult to have again
- 启迪后人(啟迪後人) to pass down to later generations
- 抄后路(抄後路) to outflank and attack from the rear
- 前人栽树,后人乘凉(前人栽樹,後人乘涼) to enjoy the benefits of the hard work of one's predecessors.
- 后盖(後蓋) back cover; shell (of crab etc)
- 后撤(後撤) to pull back (an army); to retreat
- 后来居上(後來居上) late-comer lives above; the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation
- 前门打虎,后门打狼(前門打虎,後門打狼) to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back
- 最后通牒(最後通牒) ultimatum
- 产后(產後) postnatal
- 最后的晚餐(最後的晚餐) the Last Supper (in the Christian Passion story)
- 尔后(爾後) henceforth; thereafter; subsequently
- 摊薄后每股盈利(攤薄後每股盈利) diluted earnings per share
- 长江后浪推前浪(長江後浪推前浪) the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before; the new is constantly replacing the old; each new generation excels the previous
- 承前启后(承前啟後) to follow the past and herald the future; part of a historical transition/forming a bridge between earlier and later stages
Also contained in
日本后纪 、 域多利皇后 、 乌拉特后旗 、 后唐 、 皇后区 、 龈后 、 明成皇后 、 吴皇后 、 天后站 、 半开后圆唇元音
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106上 地形志二上 Volume 106a Treatise 2: Terrain 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 142
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 后德 (後德) 群后德讓 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 益稷 Yu Shu - Yi and Ji — count: 3
- 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