后

hòu = h + ou4

empress / queen / (archaic) monarch / ruler

hòu = h + ou4

back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-

后 = ⺁ + 𠮛 : Mnemonic symbol: Zenobia, Queen of Palmyra. Zenobia (后) and Hamlet (h) want to bake banana bread in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4), but they don't know how. Behind (后) a banana tree (⺁) they study a scroll (𠮛) on which the recipe is written.

后 character breakdown

后
- 𠮛
  - 一
  - 口
- ⺁
  - 丿

Character component without intrinsic meaning

𠮛 = 一 + 口 : This character looks like a scroll, on which your aim is written. A scroll with the paper made from mandarins (口), and a flute (一) to wrap it all up.

Character component without intrinsic meaning

⺁ = 丿 : Mnemonic symbol: two and more bananas (丿) are part of a larger banana tree (⺁).

Characters with 后 as component

hòu = h + ou4

to meet unexpectedly

gòu = g + ou4

dirt / disgrace

gòu = g + ou4

disgrace / to revile

hòu = h + ou4

thick

hòu = h + ou4

surname Hou / place name

gòu = g + ou4

copulate / good

hóu = h + ou2

(anatomy) epiphysis

hòu = h + ou4

see 鱯|鳠[hu4]

Words with 后

afterwards / following / later / after

after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future

hereafter / henceforth / in the future / from now on

after the event / in hindsight / in retrospect

early or late / priority / in succession / one after another

think again and again before acting (idiom); consider carefully in advance

90s generation

regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth

wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it

a genius in retrospect (idiom); hindsight is 20-20

(idiom) not want to be outdone / not content to lag behind

(idiom) not want to be outdone / not content to lag behind

in order of arrival / first come, first served

opposite of 先禮後兵|先礼后兵[xian1 li3 hou4 bing1]

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The first concern is affairs of state, enjoying the pleasure comes later. Quotation from essay On Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓記|岳阳楼记 by Song writer Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹[Fan4 Zhong4 yan1]

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to be born with a weak constitution and suffer from ill health during one's life / (fig.) to be problematic from the start, and get even worse over time

nature versus nurture

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There are three ways to be unfilial; having no sons is the worst. (citation from Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3])

order of priority / sequential order

to marry after getting pregnant

Sentences with 后

zì

cóng

bì

mǎ

we̅n

lái

cǐ

yǐ

hòu

Ever since the keeper arrived...