后世 hòushì later generations Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents hòushì later generations 后 後 hòu locativepreposition after (bound form) later in time; afterwards; future; subsequent in a sequence世 shì noun era (bound form) an era; an age; a dynasty; (geology) an epochhòushì posterity 后 後 hòu noun descendant (bound form) offspring; descendants; generations following one's own世 shì nounnumeral generation (bound form) a generation; a period of thirty yearshòushì afterlife 后 後 hòu locativepreposition after (bound form) later in time; afterwards; future; subsequent in a sequence世 shì noun world (bound form) the world; the earth; human society