后
hòu
back
behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-
a picture of 后 → what comes after, behind, later
后 originally depicted a figure giving birth, symbolizing continuity and what comes after. Over time it came to mean 'behind' or 'later,' and the mouth component (口) is a remnant of that ancient pictographic form rather than a direct semantic clue.
请坐到后面去，前面没有位置了。
qǐng zuò dào hòu miàn qù, qián miàn méi yǒu wèi zhì le。
Please go sit in the back, there are no seats in the front.
吃饭后，他喜欢出去走一走。
chī fàn hòu, tā xǐ huān chū qù zǒu yi zǒu。
After eating, he likes to go out for a walk.
Words with 后
95后
jiǔ wǔ hòu
people born between 1995-01-01 and 1999-12-31
后援
hòu yuán
reinforcement
前后
qián hòu
around
往后
wǎng hòu
from now on
后辈
hòu bèi
younger generation
慈禧太后
cí xǐ tài hòu
Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (1835-1908), regent 1861-1908
后院
hòu yuàn
rear court
后继有人
hòu jì yǒu rén
(idiom) to have qualified successors to carry on one's undertaking
瞻前顾后
zhān qián gù hòu
lit. to look forward and back (idiom)
后果
hòu guǒ
consequences
紧随其后
jǐn suí qí hòu
to follow closely behind sb or sth (idiom)
解放后
jiě fàng hòu
after liberation (i.e. after the Communist's victory)