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Later generation in Chinese: 后人 (hòu rén)

hòu rén

later generation

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 後人1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1later generation

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人

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄡˋ

hòu

ㄏ/ hㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

ㄖㄣˊ

rén

ㄖ/ rㄣ/ enˊ/ second tone

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後人

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Example sentences

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  • 这些故事流传给了后人。

    zhè xiē gù shì liú chuán gěi le hòu rén。

    These stories have been passed down to later generations.

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Related words

人

rén

person

后

hòu

empress

后面

hòu mian

the back

男人

nán rén

a man

女人

nǚ rén

woman

别人

bié ren

other people

客人

kè rén

visitor

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

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