先后 xiānhòu HSK5 priority Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Showing: All meanings (2) All meanings 3 xiānhòu 3 priority 2successively 1 3 sentences 做事要分轻重先后。 zuò shì yào fēn qīngzhòng xiānhòu. One must prioritize tasks based on their importance and order. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary你把这个词的先后顺序写颠了。 nǐ bǎ zhè gè cí de xiānhòu shùnxù xiě diān le. You have written the order of these words backward. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary他们先后到达了目的地。 tāmen xiānhòu dàodá le mùdìdì. They arrived at the destination one after another. Source: Dong Chinese Dictionary