(w)

(hòu) surname Hou

(w)

(hòu) empress; queen

后坐 (w)

(hòuzuò) woman who is the power behind the throne

后妃 (w)

(hòufēi) imperial wives and concubines

后羿 (w)

(hòuyì) Houyi, mythological Chinese archer whose wife was Chang'e

后里 (w)

(hòulǐ) Houli township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 xian4], Taiwan

后里乡 (w)

(hòulǐxiāng) Houli township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tai2 zhong1 xian4], Taiwan

后发座 (w)

(hòufàzuò) Coma Berenices (constellation)

(w)

(hòu) back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later

后世 (w)

(hòushì) later generations

后事 (w)

(hòushì) future events; and what happened next... (in fiction); funeral arrangements

后人 (w)

(hòurén) later generation

后付 (w)

(hòufù) payment made afterwards; postpaid

后代 (w)

(hòudài) posterity; later periods; later ages; later generations

后来 (w)

(hòulái) afterwards; later

后来居上 (w)

(hòuláijūshàng) lit. late-comer lives above (idiom); the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation; the pupil surpasses the master

后信号灯 (w)

(hòuxìnhàodēng) car rear indicator

后备 (w)

(hòubèi) reserve; backup

后备军 (w)

(hòubèijūn) rearguard

后儿 (w)

(hòur) the day after tomorrow

后两者 (w)

(hòuliǎngzhě) the latter two

后加 (w)

(hòujiā) postposition (grammar)

后勤 (w)

(hòuqín) logistics

后勤学 (w)

(hòuqínxué) military logistics

后半 (w)

(hòubàn) latter half

后半场 (w)

(hòubànchǎng) second half (of sporting competition)

后半叶 (w)

(hòubànyè) latter half (of a decade, century etc)

后台 (w)

(hòutái) backstage

后周 (w)

(hòuzhōu) Later Zhou of the Five Dynasties (951-960), centered on Shandong and Hebei, with capital at Kaifeng 开封

后味 (w)

(hòuwèi) after-taste

后唐 (w)

(hòutáng) Later Tang of the Five Dynasties (923-936)

后嗣 (w)

(hòusì) heir; descendant; posterity

后坐 (w)

(hòuzuò) recoil (of a gun); backlash; back seat; pillion

后坐力 (w)

(hòuzuòlì) recoil (of a gun); backlash; reactive force

后尘 (w)

(hòuchén) lit. trailing dust; fig. sb's footsteps; course in life

后壁 (w)

(hòubì) Houpi township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan

后壁乡 (w)

(hòubìxiāng) Houbi township in Tainan county 台南縣|台南县[Tai2 nan2 xian4], Taiwan

后天 (w)

(hòutiān) the day after tomorrow; post-natal; acquired (not innate); a posteriori

后天性 (w)

(hòutiānxìng) acquired (characteristic etc)

后娘 (w)

(hòuniáng) stepmother (informal)

后妈 (w)

(hòumā) (coll.) stepmother

后学 (w)

(hòuxué) junior scholar or pupil in imperial China

后宫 (w)

(hòugōng) harem; chambers of imperial concubines

后年 (w)

(hòunián) the year after next

后影 (w)

(hòuyǐng) rear view; figure seen from behind; view of the back (of a person or object)

后心 (w)

(hòuxīn) middle of the back

后怕 (w)

(hòupà) lingering fear; fear after the event; post-traumatic stress

后悔 (w)

(hòuhuǐ) to regret; to repent

后悔不迭 (w)

(hòuhuǐbùdié) no time for regrets; too late to do anything

后悔莫及 (w)

(hòuhuǐmòjí) too late for regrets (idiom); It is useless to repent after the event.

后患无穷 (w)

(hòuhuànwúqióng) it will cause no end of trouble (idiom); nip the problem in the bud

后感 (w)

(hòugǎn) afterthought; reflection after an event; a review (of a movie etc)

后感觉 (w)

(hòugǎnjué) after-sensation; after-impression

后排 (w)

(hòupái) the back row

后掩蔽 (w)

(hòuyǎnbì) backward masking

后援 (w)

(hòuyuán) reinforcement; back-up; supporting force

后撤 (w)

(hòuchè) to pull back (an army); to retreat

后挡板 (w)

(hòudǎngbǎn) backboard

后效 (w)

(hòuxiào) after-effect

后方 (w)

(hòufāng) the rear; far behind the front line

后日 (w)

(hòurì) the day after tomorrow; from hence; from now; from now on; henceforth

后晋 (w)

(hòujìn) Later Jin of the Five Dynasties (936-946)

后会有期 (w)

(hòuhuìyǒuqī) I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom); Hope to see you again.

后会无期 (w)

(hòuhuìwúqī) to meet again at unspecified date; meeting postponed indefinitely

后期 (w)

(hòuqī) late stage; later period

后果 (w)

(hòuguǒ) consequences; aftermath

后梁 (w)

(hòuliáng) Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923)

后段 (w)

(hòuduàn) final part; rear; back end; final segment; the following section; last paragraph

后母 (w)

(hòumǔ) stepmother

后凉 (w)

(hòuliáng) Later Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms (386-403)

后汉 (w)

(hòuhàn) Later Han or Eastern Han dynasty (25-220); Later Han of the Five Dynasties (947-950)

后汉书 (w)

(hòuhànshū) History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Fan Ye 範曄|范晔 in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, 120 scrolls

后灯 (w)

(hòudēng) taillight

后燕 (w)

(hòuyàn) Later Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-409)

后现代主义 (w)

(hòuxiàndàizhǔyì) post-modernism

后生 (w)

(hòushēng) young generation; youth; young man

后生动物 (w)

(hòushēngdòngwù) metazoa; the animal kingdom

后生可畏 (w)

(hòushēngkěwèi) will be redoubtable in later life (idiom); a young person's abilities must be respected, though inexperienced; the younger generations will surpass us in time

后甲板 (w)

(hòujiǎbǎn) afterdeck

后盾 (w)

(hòudùn) support

后秦 (w)

(hòuqín) Later Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-417)

后空翻 (w)

(hòukōngfān) backward somersault; backflip

后缀 (w)

(hòuzhuì) suffix (linguistics)

后缘 (w)

(hòuyuán) trailing edge (of airplane wing)

后续 (w)

(hòuxù) follow-up; (dialect) to remarry

后续的解释过程 (w)

(hòuxùdejiěshìguòchéng) post-interpretive processes

后置 (w)

(hòuzhì) to place after (e.g. in grammar); postposition

后置词 (w)

(hòuzhìcí) postposition; suffix; word placed after

后翅 (w)

(hòuchì) back wing (of insect)

后翻筋斗 (w)

(hòufānjīndòu) backward somersault

后者 (w)

(hòuzhě) the latter

后肢 (w)

(hòuzhī) hind legs

后脑 (w)

(hòunǎo) hindbrain; back of the head

后脑勺 (w)

(hòunǎosháo) back of the head

后腰 (w)

(hòuyāo) lower back

后台 (w)

(hòutái) backstage; the area behind a theatrical stage; backstage supporter

后盖 (w)

(hòugài) back cover; shell (of crab etc)

后卫 (w)

(hòuwèi) rear guard; backfield; fullback

后裔 (w)

(hòuyì) descendant

后西游记 (w)

(hòuxīyóujì) one of three Ming dynasty sequels to Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记

后视镜 (w)

(hòushìjìng) rearview mirror

后记 (w)

(hòujì) an epilogue; afterword

后诊 (w)

(hòuzhěn) post-operative examination

后词汇加工 (w)

(hòucíhuìjiāgōng) post-lexical access

后话 (w)

(hòuhuà) something to be taken up later in speech or writing

后账 (w)

(hòuzhàng) undisclosed account; to settle matters later; to blame sb after the event

后起之秀 (w)

(hòuqǐzhīxiù) an up-and coming youngster; new talent; a brilliant younger generation

后赵 (w)

(hòuzhào) Later Zhao of the Sixteen Kingdoms (319-350)

后路 (w)

(hòulù) escape route; retreat route; communication lines to the rear; alternative course of action; room for maneuver

后车之鉴 (w)

(hòuchēzhījiàn) lit. warning to the following cart (idiom); don't follow the track of an overturned cart; fig. draw lesson from the failure of one's predecessor; learn from past mistake; once bitten twice shy

后车轴 (w)

(hòuchēzhóu) back axle (of car)

后辍 (w)

(hòuchuò) suffix

后辈 (w)

(hòubèi) younger generation

后轮 (w)

(hòulún) rear wheel

后退 (w)

(hòutuì) recoil; draw back; fall back; retreat

后送 (w)

(hòusòng) evacuation (military)

后送医院 (w)

(hòusòngyīyuàn) evacuation hospital (military)

后进 (w)

(hòujìn) less advanced; underdeveloped; lagging behind

后进先出 (w)

(hòujìnxiānchū) to come late and leave first; last in, first out (LIFO)

后遗症 (w)

(hòuyízhèng) medical after-effects; repercussions of an illness

后边 (w)

(hòubian) back; rear; behind

后边儿 (w)

(hòubianr) erhua variant of 後邊|后边[hou4 bian5]

后部 (w)

(hòubù) back section

后金 (w)

(hòujīn) Later Jin dynasty (from 1616-); Manchu Khanate or kingdom that took over as Qing dynasty in 1644

后钩 (w)

(hòugōu) unfinished business

后钩儿 (w)

(hòugōur) erhua variant of 後鉤|后钩[hou4 gou1]

后门 (w)

(hòumén) the back door; fig. under the counter (indirect way for influence or pressure); anus

后附 (w)

(hòufù) attachment; appendix; addendum

后院 (w)

(hòuyuàn) rear court; back garden; backyard (also fig.)

后院起火 (w)

(hòuyuànqǐhuǒ) a fire in one's backyard; conflict close to home

后面 (w)

(hòumian) rear; back; behind; later; afterwards

后头 (w)

(hòutou) behind; in the back; the rear side; later; in future

后顾之忧 (w)

(hòugùzhīyōu) fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action); worries about the future consequences; often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything"

后魏 (w)

(hòuwèi) Wei of the Northern Dynasties 386-534

后鼻音 (w)

(hòubíyīn) velar nasal; consonant ng or ŋ produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against the soft palate

后龙 (w)

(hòulóng) Houlung town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan

后龙镇 (w)

(hòulóngzhèn) Houlung town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan