后
裔

Descendant in Chinese: 后裔 (hòu yì)

hòu yì

descendant

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

Definitions

  1. 1descendant

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后
裔

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ㄏㄡˋ

hòu

ㄏ/ hㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

ㄧˋ

yì

ㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

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后裔

Simplified

後裔

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Example sentences

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  • 他们都是同一位祖先的后裔。

    tā men dōu shì tóng yí wèi zǔ xiān de hòu yì。

    They are all descendants of the same ancestor.

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Related words

后

hòu

empress

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

华裔

huá yì

ethnic Chinese

皇后

huáng hòu

empress

落后

luò hòu

to fall behind

后边

hòu bian

the back

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