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后

hòu (hou⁴) Mandarin, Pinyin
ㄏㄡˋ Mandarin, Bopomofo
hau⁶ Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong
heu⁵ Cantonese, Taishanese, Wiktionary specific
heu Hakka, Sixian, Phak fa su
heu^˖ Hakka, Hakka Romanization System, 海陸
hêu⁴ Hakka, 梅縣, 客家話拼音
hâiu Min Dong, Foochow Romanized
hieo⁵ Puxian Min, Pouseng Ping'ing
hiō Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
hiǒ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
hō͘ Min Nan, Hokkien, Phak fa su
hou⁶ Min Nan, Teochew, Peng'im
⁶gheu Wu, Shanghai, Wugniu
hòu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
ㄏㄡˋ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
hòu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
hou⁴ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
hòu Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
how Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
хоу Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
/xoʊ̯⁵¹/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
hau⁶ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
hauh Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
heo⁶ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
/hɐu̯²²/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
heu⁵ Cantonese, Taishanese, Taicheng
/heu³²/ Cantonese, Taishanese, Taicheng

noun

historical 君王
historical 諸侯
君王的嫡妻，如：王后、皇后

proper noun

姓氏

adverb

時間上較晚的，通「後」字

In English

queen chess piece
step- prefix used to indicate that the person being identified is not a blood relative

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {后},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E5%90%8E},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}