What does 后 mean in Chinese?

后 (hòu) means "empress; queen" in Chinese. It is an HSK Level 1 word.

How do you pronounce 后?

后 is pronounced "hòu" in Mandarin Chinese. The tone number is 4.

后 is an HSK Level 1 word (HSK 2.0: Level 1, HSK 3.0: Level 1).

Common words with 后 include 今后 (hereafter), 以后 (after), 之后 (afterwards), 先后 (early or late), 事后 (after the event).

后 has 6 strokes. Its radical is 口. You can view the stroke order animation on our stroke order tool.

后

hòu

empress; queen

HSK 16 strokes

后 = 𠂋 + 口

A mouth trailing behind — after, back

Radical: 口 (no. 30)Strokes: 6

后来我去了。

Hòulái wǒ qù le

Later I went

Word	Pinyin	Meaning	HSK
今后	jīn hòu	hereafter	HSK 2
以后	yǐ hòu	after	HSK 2
之后	zhī hòu	afterwards	HSK 4
先后	xiān hòu	early or late	HSK 5
事后	shì hòu	after the event	HSK 6
其后	qí hòu	next
九零后	jiǔ líng hòu	90s generation
仙后座	Xiān hòu zuò	Cassiopeia (constellation)
不顾前后	bù gù qián hòu	regardless of what's before or after (idiom); rushing blindly into sth
事后聪明	shì hòu cōng ming	wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it