| 后 | hòu | back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; empress; queen; surname Hou |
| 后来 | hòu lái | afterwards; later |
| 后面 | hòu mian | rear; back; behind; later; afterwards |
| 后者 | hòu zhě | the latter |
| 后期 | hòu qī | late stage; later period |
| 后果 | hòu guǒ | consequences; aftermath |
| 后代 | hòu dài | posterity; later periods; later ages; later generations |
| 后进 | hòu jìn | less advanced; underdeveloped; lagging behind |
| 后方 | hòu fāng | the rear; far behind the front line |
| 后边 | hòu bian | back; rear; behind |
| 后生 | hòu shēng | young generation; youth; young man |
| 后人 | hòu rén | later generation |
| 后退 | hòu tuì | recoil; draw back; fall back; retreat |
| 后天 | hòu tiān | day after tomorrow; post-natal |
| 后世 | hòu shì | later generations |
| 后勤 | hòu qín | logistics |
| 后卫 | hòu wèi | rear guard; backfield; fullback |
| 后门 | hòu mén | the back door; fig. under the counter (indirect way for influence or pressure); anus |
| 后头 | hòu tou | behind; in the back; the rear side; later; in future |
| 后悔 | hòu huǐ | to regret; to repent |
| 后台 | hòu tái | backstage; the area behind a theatrical stage; backstage supporter |
| 后肢 | hòu zhī | hind legs |
| 后汉书 | Hòu Hàn shū | History of Eastern Han (later Han), third of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, composed by Fan Ye 范晔 in 445 during Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋, 120 scrolls |
| 后梁 | Hòu Liáng | Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923) |
| 后院 | hòu yuàn | rear court; back garden; backyard (also fig.) |
| 后盾 | hòu dùn | support |
| 后年 | hòu nián | the year after next |
| 后排 | hòu pái | the back row |
| 后记 | hòu jì | an epilogue; afterword |
| 后裔 | hòu yì | descendant |
| 后事 | hòu shì | future events; and what happened next... (in fiction); funeral arrangements |
| 后备军 | hòu bèi jūn | rearguard |
| 后汉 | Hòu Hàn | Later Han or Eastern Han dynasty (25-220); Later Han of the Five Dynasties (947-950) |
| 后脑 | hòu nǎo | hindbrain; back of the head |
| 后送 | hòu sòng | evacuation (military) |
| 后路 | hòu lù | escape route; retreat route; communication lines to the rear; alternative course of action; room for maneuver |
| 后母 | hòu mǔ | stepmother |
| 后秦 | Hòu Qín | Later Qin of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-417) |
| 后顾之忧 | hòu gù zhī yōu | 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" |
| 后学 | hòu xué | junior scholar or pupil in imperial China |
| 后起之秀 | hòu qǐ zhī xiù | an up-and coming youngster; new talent; a brilliant younger generation |
| 后辈 | hòu bèi | younger generation |
| 后周 | Hòu Zhōu | Later Zhou of the Five Dynasties (951-960), centered on Shandong and Hebei, with capital at Kaifeng 开封 |
| 后效 | hòu xiào | after-effect |
| 后唐 | Hòu Táng | Later Tang of the Five Dynasties (923-936) |
| 后宫 | hòu gōng | harem; chambers of imperial concubines |
| 后燕 | Hòu Yàn | Later Yan of the Sixteen Kingdoms (384-409) |
| 后空翻 | hòu kōng fān | backward somersault; backflip |
| 后坐 | hòu zuò | recoil (of a gun); backlash; back seat; pillion; woman who is the power behind the throne |
| 后妃 | hòu fēi | imperial wives and concubines |
