后

後traditional

HSK 1#41 by frequencyradical 口

Hòu["f","g","t"]

afterwards; after; later; back; behind; rear; empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler; post-

hòu

back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-

Examples

洗后弄平。

After washing, de-wrinkle it.

往后退点。

Back off.

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Definitions adapted from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0, modified). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Frequency ranks from the BCC corpus. Full credits on the Attributions page.