后
者

The latter in Chinese: 后者 (hòu zhě)

hòu zhě

the latter

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

Definitions

  1. 1the latter

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后
者

Zhuyin

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ㄏㄡˋ

hòu

ㄏ/ hㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

ㄓㄜˇ

zhě

ㄓ/ zhㄜ/ eˇ/ third tone

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后者

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後者

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 这两个办法中，我更喜欢后者。

    zhè liǎng gè bàn fǎ zhōng， wǒ gèng xǐ huan hòu zhě。

    Of these two methods, I prefer the latter.

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Related words

后

hòu

empress

者

zhě

(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...

后面

hòu mian

the back

或者

huò zhě

or

然后

rán hòu

then

以后

yǐ hòu

after

后悔

hòu huǐ

to regret

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

记者

jì zhě

reporter

最后

zuì hòu

final

作者

zuò zhě

author

后果

hòu guǒ

consequences

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