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

• 后悔不迭(後悔不迭) too late for regrets
• 后半叶(後半葉) the latter half
• 今后(今後) henceforth; from now on; future
• 后空翻(後空翻) backward somersault; backflip
• 然后(然後) after; after that; afterwards
• 前倨后恭(前倨後恭) to switch from arrogance to deference
• 后头(後頭) the back; the rear side ; later; the future
• 落后国家(落後國家) an undeveloped nation; a backwards country
• 前仆后继(前仆後繼) one falls, the next follows; stepping into the breach to replace fallen comrades
• 通过事后(通過事後) off-line
• 最后(最後) final; last
• 后翻筋斗(後翻筋斗) backward somersault
• 腿后腱(腿後腱) hamstring muscle
• 事后诸葛亮(事後諸葛亮) a genius in retrospect; hindsight is 20-20
• 后日(後日) the day after tomorrow ; following time; henceforth
• 后缘(後緣) trailing edge (of airplane wing)
• 后半场(後半場) second half (of sporting competition)
• 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.
• 好戏还在后头(好戲還在後頭) the best part of the show is yet to come; (with ironic tone) the worst is yet to come
• 尔后(爾後) henceforth; thereafter; subsequently
• 空前绝后(空前絕後) unprecedented and never to be duplicated; unmatched
• 博士后(博士後) postdoc; a postdoctoral position
• 双后前兵开局(雙后前兵開局) Double Queen Pawn Opening; Closed Game (chess)
• 后背(後背) the back ; the back part of sth
• 之后(之後) after; following; later
• 延后(延後) to postpone; to defer; to delay
• 后路(後路) escape route; retreat route; communication lines to the rear; alternative course of action; room for maneuver
• 后殖民(後殖民) postcolonial
• 推后(推後) to push back (progress, the times etc)
• 皇天后土 Emperor of Heaven and Lord of Earth
• 后验概率(後驗概率) posterior probability
• 后摇(後搖) post-rock
• 后座(後座) back seat; pillion
• 后排(後排) the back row
• 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
• 最后一天(最後一天) final day
• 前不见古人，后不见来者(前不見古人，後不見來者) unique; unprecedented
• 后主(後主) latter sovereign ; last sovereign in a dynasty
• 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
• 雨后春笋(雨後春筍) after rain, the spring bamboo; rapid new growth
• 后天(後天) day after tomorrow ; post-natal
• 后巷前街(後巷前街) all around the streets and alleys; everywhere
• 幕后操纵(幕後操縱) to manipulate from behind the scenes; to pull the strings
• 后置词(後置詞) postposition; suffix; word placed after
• 后怕(後怕) lingering fear; fear after the event; post-traumatic stress
• 不顾前后(不顧前後) regardless of what's before or after; rushing blindly into sth

Also contained in

善后借款 、 域多利皇后 、 后凉 、 丰后国 、 半闭后圆唇元音

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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
• 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
• 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