後
hòu HSK1

behind

后 後 hòu
after locativepreposition
(bound form) later in time; afterwards; future; subsequent in a sequence

一年后，他们结婚了。

yī nián hòu, tā​men jié​hūn le.

A year later they got married.

喝酒后你不能开车。

hē jiǔ hòu nǐ bù​néng kāi chē.

You can not drive after drinking.

behind locativenoun
(bound form) back; rear; behind; in the direction of one's back

有东西在你耳后。

yǒu dōng​xi zài nǐ ěr hòu.

There's something behind your ear.

有人站在墙后。

yǒu​rén zhàn zài qiáng hòu.

Someone is standing behind the wall.

descendant noun
(bound form) offspring; descendants; generations following one's own
surname
a Chinese surname

Cross-References

Antonym

Frequency
Character
Written text
48th most common 2949.6 per million
Movie subtitles
75th most common 2346.6 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
656.3 per million appears in 88% of films
Written text
1793.5 per million

Details
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Simplified
后
Strokes
9
Unicode
U+5F8C

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)