后

Empress in Chinese: 后 (hòu)

hòu

empress

HSK 3.0 Level 10 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1empress
  2. 2queen
  3. 3(archaic) monarch
  4. 4ruler

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后

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄡˋ

hòu

ㄏ/ hㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

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Related words

后面

hòu mian

the back

然后

rán hòu

then

以后

yǐ hòu

after

后悔

hòu huǐ

to regret

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

最后

zuì hòu

final

后果

hòu guǒ

consequences

皇后

huáng hòu

empress

落后

luò hòu

to fall behind

后边

hòu bian

the back

后天

hòu tiān

the day after tomorrow

今后

jīn hòu

hereafter

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