
| hòu | empress/queen/surname Hou | 
| hòu | back/behind/rear/afterwards/after/later | 
| 后 | surname Hou | 
| 后三角队形 | V formation | 
| 后世 | later generations | 
| 后两者 | the latter two | 
| 后事 | future events and what happened next... (in fiction) funeral arrangements | 
| 后事之师 | An example of what is coming. | 
| 后人 | later generation | 
| 后付 | payment made afterwards postpaid | 
| 后代 | posterity later periods later ages | 
| 后仰 | hypsokinesis; bending backward | 
| 后仰投篮 | fadeaway shot | 
| 后任 | successor | 
| 后会无期 | to meet again at unspecified date meeting postponed indefinitely | 
| 后会有期 | I'm sure we'll meet again some day. (idiom) Hope to see you again. | 
| 后传 | minus pass | 
| 后传球 | back pass | 
| 后体 | afterbody; metasoma; hind body | 
| 后作用 | delayed effect; after-action; after-effect | 
| 后信号灯 | car rear indicator | 
| 后倾 | retroversion; tip back; tipback |