Chinese words starting with “hou”
26 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable hou. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 6 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
Initial h · final ou · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 2nd tone 3
- 3rd tone 1
- 4th tone 22
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 后来hòu láiHSK 2
afterwards; later; newly arrived
- 后面hòu mianHSK 3
the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards
- 后果hòu guǒHSK 3
consequences; aftermath
- 后天hòu tiānHSK 1
the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 天); acquired (not innate or congenital); a posteriori
- 后边hòu bianHSK 1
the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards
- 后年hòu niánHSK 3
the year after next
All 26 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 后 | hòu | f,g,t | empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler | |
| 2 | 后悔 | hòu huǐ | v,vn,a | to regret; to feel remorse | |
| 3 | 吼 | hǒu | v | to roar; to howl; to shriek; roar or howl of an animal; bellow of rage | |
| 4 | 厚 | hòu | a | thick; deep or profound; kind; generous; rich or strong in flavor; to favor; to stress | |
| 5 | 候选人 | hòu xuǎn rén | n | candidate | |
| 6 | 猴子 | hóu zi | n | monkey | |
| 7 | 喉咙 | hóu lóng | n | the throat | |
| 8 | 猴 | hóu | g | monkey | |
| 9 | 后者 | hòu zhě | r | the latter | |
| 10 | 后退 | hòu tuì | v | to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat | |
| 11 | 后备 | hòu bèi | b,n | reserve; backup | |
| 12 | 后台 | hòu tái | n | backstage area; behind-the-scenes supporter; (computing) back-end; background | |
| 13 | 后代 | hòu dài | n | descendant; progeny; posterity; later ages; later generations | |
| 14 | 后期 | hòu qī | f,t | late stage; later period | |
| 15 | 后续 | hòu xù | vn,v | follow-up; (dialect) to remarry | |
| 16 | 后勤 | hòu qín | n | logistics | |
| 17 | 候选 | hòu xuǎn | b,v | candidate (attributive) | |
| 18 | 厚道 | hòu dao | a | kind and honest; generous; sincere | |
| 19 | 后人 | hòu rén | n | later generation | |
| 20 | 后遗症 | hòu yí zhèng | n | (medicine) sequelae; residual effects; (fig.) repercussions; aftermath | |
| 21 | 后裔 | hòu yì | n | descendant | |
| 22 | 后头 | hòu tou | f | behind; the back; the rear; later; afterwards; (in) the future | |
| 23 | 厚度 | hòu dù | n | thickness | |
| 24 | 后盾 | hòu dùn | n | support; backing | |
| 25 | 后顾之忧 | hòu gù zhī yōu | l | fears of trouble in the rear (idiom); family worries (obstructing freedom of action); worries about the future consequences; often in negative expressions, meaning "no worries about anything" | |
| 26 | 后备箱 | hòu bèi xiāng | trunk; boot (of a car) |
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