后
Meaning
- back
- behind
- rear
Example sentence
洗后弄平。
After washing, de-wrinkle it.
The character 后
后 is behind, in space and then in time: 后边 and 后面 for the back of something, 以后 after, 然后 then, 最后 finally. 后天 is the day after tomorrow, counted on from 明天.
Words containing 后
- 后边 hòu bian the back; the rear; the last bit
- 后天 hòu tiān the day after tomorrow
- 最后 zuì hòu final; last; ultimate
- 后来 hòu lái afterwards; later
- 今后 jīn hòu hereafter
- 然后 rán hòu then; after that; afterwards
- 以后 yǐ hòu after
- 背后 bèi hòu behind
- 后果 hòu guǒ consequences; aftermath
- 后面 hòu mian the back; the rear; the last bit
- 后年 hòu nián the year after next
- 落后 luò hòu to fall behind
- 前后 qián hòu around
- 后头 hòu tou behind