后头

• 拼音: hòu tou
• 汉字拆解: 后 = simplified from 後, meaning behind or after; 头 = 大 (big) + 一 — originally meaning head, used here as a directional suffix

含义

Behind; at the back; in the rear. A colloquial way to refer to the space or area behind something.

A spoken, informal variant of 后面. Common in northern Chinese dialects and casual conversation. Can refer to physical location (在房子后头, behind the house) or temporal sequence (后头再说, we'll talk about it later). Slightly more colloquial than 后面.

例句

1. 你去后头看看有没有空位。
2. 学校后头有一个很大的操场。
3. 这件事后头再说吧。

用法指南

语境: everyday, colloquial, directions

语气: casual

正确说法

• 车停在楼后头了。(The car is parked behind the building.)
• 后头还有很多人在排队。(There are still many people queuing at the back.)

错误说法

• 请在后头签名 (In formal writing, use 后面 instead of 后头 — 后头 is too colloquial for official documents)

起源与历史

后 (hòu, back/behind/after) + 头 (tou, suffix indicating location) — a directional word with the locative suffix 头, forming a colloquial spatial term.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal