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
- 酒后驾车(酒後駕車) to drink and drive; driving under the influence (DUI)
- 最后期限(最後期限) deadline; final time limit (for project)
- 今后(今後) henceforth; from now on; future
- 后父(後父) stepfather
- 后钩儿(後鉤兒) unfinished business
- 前街后巷(前街後巷) steets and alleys
- 后腿(後腿) hind leg ; trailing leg
- 后路(後路) escape route; retreat route; communication lines to the rear; alternative course of action; room for maneuver
- 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)
- 后送(後送) evacuation
- 幕后黑手(幕後黑手) malign agent who manipulates from behind the scenes; hidden hand
- 拖后腿(拖後腿) to impede; to obstruct; to hold back
- 后嗣(後嗣) heir; descendant; posterity
- 后脚(後腳) (one moment ...,) the next ...; trailing foot (in walking)
- 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
- 先斩后奏(先斬後奏) first decapitate then present your trophy; act first, report later
- 后制(後製) postproduction
- 扯后腿(扯後腿) to be a drag or hindrance on sb
- 后词汇加工(後詞彙加工) post-lexical access
- 后者(後者) the latter
- 后轮(後輪) rear wheel
- 皇天后土 Emperor of Heaven and Lord of Earth
- 后摇(後搖) post-rock
- 酒后(酒後) after drinking; under the influence of alcohol
- 后诊(後診) postoperative examination
- 牛后(牛後) ox buttocks
- 无后(無後) to lack male offspring
- 前因后果(前因後果) cause and effects; entire process of development
- 空前绝后(空前絕後) unprecedented and never to be duplicated; unmatched
- 后边(後邊) back ; the following part ; later
- 后梢(後梢) stern (of a boat)
- 赶前不赶后(趕前不趕後) it's better to hurry at the start than to rush later
- 后项(後項) consequent
- 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
- 大后年(大後年) three years from now; year after year after next year
- 观后镜(觀後鏡) mirror showing a view to one's rear (including rearview mirror, side-view mirror, baby view mirror etc)
- 绝后(絕後) to sever relations with an heir ; difficult to have again
- 前俯后仰(前俯後仰) to rock one's body backward and forward; to be convulsed (with laughter etc)
- 跋前踬后(跋前躓後) to trip forwards or stumble back (idiom, from Book of Songs); can't get anything right
- 大后天(大後天) three days from now; day after day after tomorrow
- 走后门(走後門) to enter by the back door
- 在此之后(在此之後) after this; afterwards; next
- 不顾前后(不顧前後) regardless of what's before or after; rushing blindly into sth
Also contained in
后龙镇 、 吕后 、 慈禧太后 、 后海 、 后龙 、 昭烈皇后 、 后周世宗 、 光明皇后
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 后德 (後德) 群后德讓 — Book of Documents 尚書, 虞書 益稷 Yu Shu - Yi and Ji — count: 3