后
头

Behind in Chinese: 后头 (hòu tou)

hòu tou

behind

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 後頭1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1behind
  2. 2the back
  3. 3the rear
  4. 4later
  5. 5afterwards
  6. 6(in) the future

Stroke order

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后
头

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄡˋ

hòu

ㄏ/ hㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

˙ㄊㄡ

tou

˙/ neutral toneㄊ/ tㄡ/ ou

Simplified & traditional

后头

Simplified

後頭

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 你的书包放在椅子后头了。

    nǐ de shū bāo fàng zài yǐ zi hòu tou le。

    Your backpack is behind the chair.

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Related words

后

hòu

empress

头

tóu

head

后面

hòu mian

the back

然后

rán hòu

then

头发

tóu fa

hair (on the head)

以后

yǐ hòu

after

后悔

hòu huǐ

to regret

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

最后

zuì hòu

final

点头

diǎn tóu

to nod

骨头

gǔ tou

bone

罐头

guàn tou

tin

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