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后面

hòu mian 4–5

the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards

HSK level
HSK 3
HSK 2.0 level 1 · HSK 3.0 level 3
Characters
2
后 · 面
Syllables
2
hòu mian
Frequency
Common
corpus count 1,300

Part of speech: f

Character by character

  • 后hòu6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 後queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after
  • 面miàn9 strokesHSK 1 traditional 麵face; surface; plane; side, dimension; Kangxi radical 176

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 后面. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

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