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
- 后坐(後坐) recoil (of a gun); backlash
- 后悔无追(後悔無追) too late for regrets
- 前车之覆,后车之鉴(前車之覆,後車之鑒) the cart in front overturns, a warning to the following cart; draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor; learn from past mistake
- 总后勤部(總後勤部) General Logistics Department
- 后果(後果) consequences; aftermath
- 以后(以後) afterwards
- 后主(後主) latter sovereign ; last sovereign in a dynasty
- 季后赛(季後賽) a playoff
- 在后(在後) behind
- 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
- 税后(稅後) after tax
- 秋后算帐(秋後算帳) settling accounts after the autumn harvest; to wait until the time is ripe to settle accounts
- 后患(後患) a later tragedy
- 而后(而後) after that; then
- 后座(後座) back seat; pillion
- 后院(後院) rear court; back garden; backyard (also fig.)
- 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
- 随后(隨後) soon after ; soon after
- 须后水(須後水) aftershave
- 后街(後街) a lane at the rear of a residential area ; backstreets
- 后裔(後裔) descendant
- 后备(後備) reserve; backup
- 后现代主义(後現代主義) postmodernism
- 后送(後送) evacuation
- 开后门(開後門) to open the back door; under the counter; to do a secret or dishonest deal; to let in by the back door
- 后心(後心) middle of the back
- 前后(前後) front and back; before and after ; from beginning to end
- 九零后(九零後) 90s generation
- 后军(後軍) rearguard
- 放马后炮(放馬後炮) to fire after the horse has bolted; to act too late to be effective
- 前后文(前後文) context; the surrounding words
- 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)
- 从此往后(從此往後) from here on
- 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
- 后盾(後盾) strength of support
- 后台(後台) backstage ; support work ; background
- 皇后 empress ; emperor
- 后缘(後緣) trailing edge (of airplane wing)
- 前不见古人,后不见来者(前不見古人,後不見來者) unique; unprecedented
- 渐次后退(漸次後退) retreated one by one
- 后附(後附) attachment; appendix; addendum
- 车后箱(車後箱) car boot; trunk
- 读后感(讀後感) impression of a book; opinion expressed in a book review
Also contained in
仁德王后 、 卞皇后 、 乌拉特后旗 、 灵太后 、 章敬吴太后 、 后汉书 、 光明皇后 、 察哈尔右翼后旗
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: 210
- 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: 164
- 卷113 官氏志九 Volume 113 Treatise 9: Official Ranks Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 149
- 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: 141
- 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106上 地形志二上 Volume 106a Treatise 2: Terrain 1 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 132
- 卷106中 地形志二中 Volume 106b Treatise 2: Terrain 2 Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 131
- 卷九十 志第六十六 兵二 Volume 90 Treatises 66: Military 2 History of Ming 明史 — count: 114
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
- 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
- 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
- 待后 (待後) 不如待後之人 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 2