Stroke order for 后

hòu
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Basic Meaning

n
常用于表示时间的先后顺序,如 '后天' (the day after tomorrow)。
the future; later in time (opposite of 'first' or 'before')
没有来到的;时间上比较晚出现的。(跟“先、前相对)。
Words:
后天后会有期今后先来后到
Antonyms:
Sentences:
  1. (hòu)(tiān)()(mén)(yào)()()(xíng)
    We are going on a trip the day after tomorrow.
  2. ()(mén)(xiān)(kàn)(diàn)(yǐng)(hòu)(chī)(fàn)
    We'll watch the movie first, and then eat.
  3. (jīn)(hòu)()(huì)(gèng)(jiā)()()
    From now on, I will work harder.
n
常用于表示空间位置,如 '后面' (behind)。
the back; the rear; the part behind (opposite of 'front')
方位词。背面的部分;人或物背面所朝的方向(跟“前”相对)。
Words:
后盾后面村后后台
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Sentences:
  1. ()(jiā)(fáng)(zi)(hòu)(miàn)(yǒu)()()(huā)(yuán)
    There is a garden behind my house.
  2. (qǐng)(zuò)(zài)()(de)(hòu)(miàn)
    Please sit behind me.
n
用于表示顺序上的末尾,如 '后排' (back row)。
the end part in order; last in sequence (opposite of 'front' or 'first')
方位词。次序居于末尾的(跟“前、先”相对)。
Words:
后排后十五名后座后续
Antonyms:
Sentences:
  1. ()(zuò)(zài)(jiào)(shì)(de)(hòu)(pái)
    He sits in the back row of the classroom.
  2. ()(sài)(de)(zuì)(hòu)(sān)(míng)(yǒu)(jiǎng)()
    The last three in the competition get a prize.
n
通常指子孙后代,是一个集合概念。
descendants; offspring; posterity
后代的人,指子孙等。
Words:
后代无后后人
Sentences:
  1. ()(mén)(yào)(wèi)(hòu)(dài)(bǎo)()(huán)(jìng)
    We must protect the environment for our descendants.
  2. ()(shì)()(wèi)(wěi)()(de)()(xué)(jiā)(hòu)(rén)(huì)()(zhù)()
    He is a great scientist, and posterity will remember him.
n
特指帝王的妻子,如 '皇后'。这是一个历史/正式用语。
empress; queen; wife of an emperor
皇后,帝王的妻子。君主的妻妾。
Words:
皇后后妃太后皇太后
Sentences:
  1. (huáng)(hòu)(zài)()(shǐ)(shàng)(hěn)(yǒu)(quán)()
    Empresses had great power in history.
  2. (zhè)(wèi)(tài)(hòu)(tǒng)(zhì)(le)(guó)(jiā)(hěn)(duō)(nián)
    This Empress Dowager ruled the country for many years.
n
用于表示继亲关系,如 '后妈' (stepmother)。口语中常用。
step- (in family relationships)
后继的(亲属关系)。
Words:
后爹后妈后继后侄
Sentences:
  1. ()(de)(hòu)()(duì)()(hěn)(hǎo)
    My stepmother is very good to me.
  2. ()(yǒu)()()(hòu)(diē)()()()(qīn)()
    He has a stepfather and a biological mother.
n
常作为前缀,表示某事件之后,如 '后工业化' (post-industrialization)。
post-; after (indicating time following an event)
方位词。指某事物产生之后。
Words:
后工业化
Antonyms:
Sentences:
  1. ()(mén)(shēng)(huó)(zài)()()(hòu)(gōng)()(huà)(shí)(dài)
    We live in a post-industrial era.
  2. ()(qíng)(hòu)(hěn)(duō)(rén)(kāi)(shǐ)(zài)(jiā)(gōng)(zuò)
    After the pandemic, many people started working from home.

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