后
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Descendant in Chinese: 后代 (hòu dài)

hòu dài

descendant

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

Definitions

  1. 1descendant
  2. 2progeny
  3. 3posterity
  4. 4later ages
  5. 5later generations

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代

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ㄏㄡˋ

hòu

ㄏ/ hㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

ㄉㄞˋ

dài

ㄉ/ dㄞ/ aiˋ/ fourth tone

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后代

Simplified

後代

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 我们要为后代保护好环境。

    wǒ men yào wèi hòu dài bǎo hù hǎo huán jìng。

    We must protect the environment for future generations.

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Related words

后

hòu

empress

代

dài

to substitute

后面

hòu mian

the back

然后

rán hòu

then

以后

yǐ hòu

after

代表

dài biǎo

representative

代替

dài tì

to replace

后悔

hòu huǐ

to regret

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

现代

xiàn dài

modern times

最后

zuì hòu

final

朝代

cháo dài

dynasty

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