後

hòu

queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after

How to write 後, stroke by stroke

surname Hou; empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler; back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-

Ideographic: One step 彳 coming behind another 夂; 幺 provides the pronunciation

Made of 彳 + 幺 + 夂

然後rán hòuthen; after that; afterwards
最後zuì hòufinal; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
之後zhī hòuafter; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then
以後yǐ hòuafter; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
後面hòu mianthe back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards
後來hòu láiafterwards; later; newly arrived
後悔hòu huǐto regret; to feel remorse
退後tuì hòuto stand back; to go back (in time); to yield; to make concessions
背後bèi hòubehind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back
後期hòu qīlate stage; later period
後果hòu guǒconsequences; aftermath
皇后huáng hòuempress; imperial consort

然後我很快就睡著了。
rán hòu wǒ hěn kuài jiù shuì zhù le 。
Soon after that, I began to fall asleep.
昨天是星期五，後天是星期一。
zuó tiān shì xīng qī wǔ ， hòu tiān shì xīng qī yī 。
Yesterday was Friday; the day after tomorrow is Monday.
十二月是一年的最後一個月。
shí èr yuè shì yì nián de zuì hòu yí gè yuè 。
December is the last month of the year.
看了信之後，她把它撕成碎片。
kàn le xìn zhī hòu ， tā bǎ tā sī chéng suì piàn 。
After she had read the letter, she tore it to pieces.
是的，然後呢？
shì de ， rán hòu ne ？
Okay, and then?