后

• 拼音: hòu
• 汉字拆解: 后 = simplified from 後; indicates the rear or a later time

含义

After; behind; back; later. Indicates position behind or time after.

Used for both spatial (behind) and temporal (after) relationships. Appears in many compounds: 以后 (after, in the future), 后面 (behind), 后来 (afterwards), 然后 (then). The opposite is 前 (front, before).

例句

1. 吃饭后我们去散步。
2. 学校后面有一个公园。
3. 以后我想当老师。

用法指南

语境: time, location, everyday

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 三点以后我有时间。(I'm free after three o'clock.)
• 请到后面去。(Please go to the back.)

错误说法

• 后我吃饭。(Wrong word order — 后 comes after the first action: 下课后我吃饭)

起源与历史

The character 后 originally depicted a person walking behind. The simplified form dropped the walking radical from the traditional 後.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal