后者 hòuzhě HSK7 the latter Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 后 後 hòu locativepreposition after (bound form) later in time; afterwards; future; subsequent in a sequence者 zhě pronoun [pronoun] (bound form) used after a number or direction word to refer back to people or things previously mentioned; translates as "the ... one" (e.g. "the former", "the two")