| 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 |