背后

Character by character

• 背bèi9 strokesHSK 2back; back side; behind; betray
• 后hòu6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 後queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 那背后是什么意思？

  Nà bèi hòu shì shén me yì si

  What's the idea behind that?

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• 下车，把手放在背后。

  Xià chē bǎ shǒu fàng zài bèi hòu

  Step out of the car and place your hands behind your back.

  Listen

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Words with the same characters

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

• 后hòuHSK 1

  empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler

• 最后zuì hòuHSK 1

  final; last; finally; ultimate

• 然后rán hòuHSK 2

  then; after that; afterwards

• 之后zhī hòuHSK 4

  after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then

• 以后yǐ hòuHSK 2

  after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future

• 后来hòu láiHSK 2

  afterwards; later; newly arrived

• 后面hòu mianHSK 3

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

• 背bèiHSK 2

  the back of a body or object; to turn one's back; to hide something from; to learn by heart; to recite from memory; unlucky (slang); hard of hearing

• 背景bèi jǐngHSK 4

  background; backdrop; context; (fig.) powerful backer

• 后悔hòu huǐHSK 5

  to regret; to feel remorse

• 后果hòu guǒHSK 3

  consequences; aftermath

• 今后jīn hòuHSK 2

  hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on

• 随后suí hòuHSK 5

  soon after

• 落后luò hòuHSK 3

  to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward; to retrogress

• 背叛bèi pànHSK 7

  to betray

• 皇后huáng hòuHSK 7

  empress; imperial consort

• 前后qián hòuHSK 3

  around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear

• 违背wéi bèiHSK 7

  to go against; to be contrary to; to violate

• 过后guò hòuHSK 6

  after the event

• 幕后mù hòuHSK 7

  behind the scenes

• 后者hòu zhěHSK 7

  the latter

• 后退hòu tuìHSK 7

  to recoil; to draw back; to fall back; to retreat

• 此后cǐ hòuHSK 5

  after this; afterwards; hereafter

• 后备hòu bèiHSK 7

  reserve; backup