后 (後) hòu

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. hòu adjective late; later
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 後 (Guoyu '後' adj; Kroll 2015 '後' 2, p. 163)
7. hòu adverb arriving late
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Traditional: 後; in the sense of 迟 (Guoyu '後' adv)
8. 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).
9. 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)
10. 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)
11. hòu adverb then
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Traditional: 後 (FE '後' 4)
12. 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)
13. 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)
14. hòu noun after; behind
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 后 (FE '后' 3)
15. hòu adjective following
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: Traditional: 後; in sequence (Guoyu '後' adj 2)
16. hòu verb to be delayed
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 後; in the sense of 延缓 (Guoyu '後' v 2)
17. 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)
18. hòu noun feudal lords
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Traditional: 后; in the sense of 诸侯 (Guoyu '后' n 2)
19. 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

• 后置(後置) to place after (e.g. in grammar); postposition
• 后车架(後車架) luggage carrier (bicycle)
• 后学(後學) junior scholar; pupil
• 幕后操纵(幕後操縱) to manipulate from behind the scenes; to pull the strings
• 跲后(跲後) fall backwards
• 九零后(九零後) 90s generation
• 大后年(大後年) three years from now; year after year after next year
• 后院(後院) rear court; back garden; backyard (also fig.)
• 后怕(後怕) lingering fear; fear after the event; post-traumatic stress
• 先后顺序(先後順序) order of priority; sequential order
• 最后通牒(最後通牒) ultimatum
• 后悔莫及(後悔莫及) too late for regrets; It is useless to repent after the event.
• 王后 Queen
• 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
• 最后的晚餐(最後的晚餐) the Last Supper (in the Christian Passion story)
• 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.
• 后附(後附) attachment; appendix; addendum
• 后患(後患) a later tragedy
• 后词汇加工(後詞彙加工) post-lexical access
• 老鼠拖木锨，大头在后头(老鼠拖木鍁，大頭在後頭) when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second; the tip of the iceberg
• 后妈(後媽) stepmother
• 无后(無後) to lack male offspring
• 后果(後果) consequences; aftermath
• 酒后驾车(酒後駕車) to drink and drive; driving under the influence (DUI)
• 须后水(須後水) aftershave
• 博士后(博士後) postdoc; a postdoctoral position
• 先礼后兵(先禮後兵) peaceful measures before using force; diplomacy before violence; jaw-jaw is better than war-war
• 最后期限(最後期限) deadline; final time limit (for project)
• 前仰后合(前仰後合) to sway to and fro; to rock back and forth
• 午后(午後) afternoon
• 思前想后(思前想後) ponder over
• 后援(後援) reinforcement; back-up; supporting force
• 置之死地而后生(置之死地而後生) place somebody on field of death and he will fight to live
• 创伤后压力紊乱(創傷後壓力紊亂) post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD
• 车后箱(車後箱) car boot; trunk
• 后会无期(後會無期) to meet again at unspecified date; meeting postponed indefinitely
• 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
• 后背(後背) the back ; the back part of sth
• 而后(而後) after that; then
• 后钩儿(後鉤兒) unfinished business
• 后翅(後翅) back wing (of insect)
• 哥林多后书(哥林多後書) Second epistle of St Paul to the Corinthians
• 后头(後頭) the back; the rear side ; later; the future
• 幕后花絮(幕後花絮) news from behind the scenes; stage gossip
• 之后(之後) after; following; later
• 从后门溜走了(從後門溜走了) slipped out the back door
• 后患无穷(後患無窮) it will cause no end of trouble

Also contained in

后僧堂 、 后梁 、 后元音 、 孝庄文皇后

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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
• 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
• 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