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
- 渐次后退(漸次後退) retreated one by one
- 后颈(後頸) nape
- 后送医院(後送醫院) evacuation hospital
- 光前裕后(光前裕後) to bring honor to one's ancestors and benefit future generations
- 后置(後置) to place after (e.g. in grammar); postposition
- 不顾前后(不顧前後) regardless of what's before or after; rushing blindly into sth
- 前赴后继(前赴後繼) advance wave upon wave; move forward bravely
- 跲后(跲後) fall backwards
- 后影(後影) rear view; figure seen from behind; view of the back (of a person or object)
- 后宫(後宮) the rear palace; the womens' quarters ; harem; chambers of imperial concubines
- 后头(後頭) the back; the rear side ; later; the future
- 幕后操纵(幕後操縱) to manipulate from behind the scenes; to pull the strings
- 后梢(後梢) stern (of a boat)
- 后制(後製) postproduction
- 幕后(幕後) behind the scenes
- 拉后钩儿(拉後鉤兒) to leave unfinished business
- 后翅(後翅) back wing (of insect)
- 后尘(後塵) trailing dust; footsteps; course in life
- 先兵后礼(先兵後禮) first troops and then politeness
- 最后(最後) final; last
- 后加(後加) postposition
- 前后文(前後文) context; the surrounding words
- 耶稣基督后期圣徒教会(耶穌基督後期聖徒教會) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- 车后箱(車後箱) car boot; trunk
- 前门拒虎,后门进狼(前門拒虎,後門進狼) to beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back
- 后肢(後肢) hind legs
- 创伤后压力(創傷後壓力) post-traumatic stress
- 前俯后仰(前俯後仰) to rock one's body backward and forward; to be convulsed (with laughter etc)
- 从此往后(從此往後) from here on
- 后事(後事) future events; and what happened next... (in fiction); funeral arrangements
- 大后年(大後年) three years from now; year after year after next year
- 后账(後賬) undisclosed account; to settle matters later; to blame somebody after the event
- 按时间先后(按時間先後) chronological
- 酒后驾车(酒後駕車) to drink and drive; driving under the influence (DUI)
- 后设资料(後設資料) metadata
- 劫后余生(劫後餘生) life left after a holocaust
- 后感(後感) afterword
- 后坐力(後坐力) recoil (of a gun); backlash; reactive force
- 后院起火(後院起火) a fire in one's backyard; conflict close to home
- 后腰(後腰) lower back
Also contained in
后里 、 清龈后擦音 、 后凉 、 后渚港 、 后得智 、 高后 、 杭锦后旗 、 域多利皇后 、 后壁乡 、 吕后 、 后台进程
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: 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 以为后 (以為後) 幽王取申女以為后 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧魚藻之什‧白華 Minor odes of the kingdom - Yu Zao Zhi Shen - Bai Hua — count: 2