後 (hau6 | hou4) : behind; come after

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後

hau6

hou4

[1] behind; rear; at the back of [2] afterwards; [v] come after [3] descendents; posterity [4] an auxiliary verb to indicate 'then' or 'afterwards' [5] a Chinese family name

Stroke count: 9

Level: 1

Radical: 彳 (#60)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

後 / 后

Don't confuse with:
俊

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 15th Jul 2009 15:51

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之後 zi1 hau6 zhi1 hou4 = afterwards; after; behind

以後 ji5 hau6 yi3 hou4 = after; afterward; since; from now on;

今後 gam1 hau6 jin1 hou4 = henceforth

後日 hau6 jat6 hou4 ri4 = day after tomorrow

後果 hau6 gwo2 hou4 guo3 = consequences

後退 hau6 teoi3 hou4 tui4 = to retreat; recession, backlash

向後 hoeng3 hau6 xiang4 hou4 = backwards

最後 zeoi3 hau6 zui4 hou4 = last; finally; at last

然後 jin4 hau6 ran2 hou4 = afterwards; and then

後面 hau6 min6 hou4 mian4 = in back; behind
See all 166 compounds (CantoDict reports 167 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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王先生後日就返啦。粵
Mr. Wong will be coming back the day after tomorrow.

我畢業之後會搵工嘅嘞。粵
After I graduate, I will find a job.

首先去圖書館，然後返屋企。粵
First go to the library, then afterwards go home.

幾分鐘之後我就到國
After a few minutes I'll be there.

落完雪之後，我哋大家出去砌雪人。粵
After the snow stopped falling, we all went out to build a snowman.

我睇完佢表演之後都O晒嘴！粵
I was also speechless (with surprise) after seeing him performed.

車站入閘後及車廂內，嚴禁飲食
Eating or drinking is not allowed on trains, or in the paid areas of stations.
[MTR announcement]

本書掀到最後一頁
Turn the book to the last page!

荔枝過造後至到龍眼旺季
The peak season for longans to come on sale is after the lychees.

我想學好講嘢先。當我講得好嘅時候，就會開始學寫。而家，我只係想留到最後先至學寫。粵
I want to learn to speak first . When I can speak well, then I'll learn to write. For now, I just want to leave the writing until last.
[copied from [url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,91899,91899#msg-91899]this thread.[/url]]

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Decimal representation of this word: 後
Unicode code for this character: U+5F8C (off-site link)

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