落后

Character by character

• 落luò12 strokesHSK 3fall, drop; net income, surplus
• 后hòu6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 後queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 落后. 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

• 落luòHSK 4

  to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement

• 背后bèi hòuHSK 3

  behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back

• 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

• 角落jiǎo luòHSK 7

  nook; corner

• 皇后huáng hòuHSK 7

  empress; imperial consort

• 前后qián hòuHSK 3

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

• 过后guò hòuHSK 6

  after the event

• 幕后mù hòuHSK 7

  behind the scenes

• 降落jiàng luòHSK 4

  to descend; to land

• 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

• 失落shī luòHSK 7

  to lose (sth); to drop (sth); to feel a sense of loss; frustrated; disappointment; loss

• 后备hòu bèiHSK 7

  reserve; backup