Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 后
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Meaning |
empress, queen, behind, rear, afterwards |
Pronunciation |
hòu |
Explanation |
Top: var. of buttock seen from the side 尸, below: opening 口 as anus, in the sense of 'behind' (Originates in the custom that the empress followed behind the emperor.) |
Mnemonic
| The one following 'behind' is the empress. |
Radicals
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尸
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buttocks in side view | (This radical has the meaning: corpse 尸. But because of its use in tail 尾 or urine 尿 or flatulence 屁, it is generally considered to mean 'buttocks'.) |
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口
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mouth, opening | (This is a small square. If it is bigger: 囗, it is an enclosure.) |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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Vocabulary
| 后来 |
hòu lái |
afterwards; later | | 后代 |
hòu dài |
posterity; later periods; later ages; later generations | | 太后 |
tài hòu |
Empress Dowager | | 往后 |
wǎng hòu |
from now on; in the future; time to come | | 谁笑在最后，谁笑得最好 |
shéi xiào zài zuì hòu , shéi xiào dé zuì hǎo |
He laughs best who laughs last. | | 谁笑到最后，谁笑得最好 |
shéi xiào dào zuì hòu , shéi xiào dé zuì hǎo |
He laughs best who laughs last. | | 背后 |
bèi hòu |
behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back | | 后勤 |
hòu qín |
logistics | | 后悔 |
hòu huǐ |
to regret; to repent | | 后肢 |
hòu zhī |
hind legs | | 鞠躬尽瘁，死而后已 |
jū gōng jìn cuì , sǐ ér hòu yǐ |
to bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life; with every breath in one's body, unto one's dying day |
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