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往后

wǎng hòu

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word Traditional 往後

往后 (wǎng hòu) means "from now on; in the future; time to come". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 往后 means

1. from now on
2. in the future
3. time to come

The characters in 往后

• 往wǎngto go (in a direction); to; towards
• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch

Example sentences

• 往后站！
  Wǎnghòu zhàn!
  Stand back!
• 往后退点。
  Back off.
• 请往后退一点。
  Stand back, please.
• 请往后退一退。
  Please move back.
• 他们往前走而我一直都在往后退。
  Tāmen wǎngqián zǒu ér wǒ yīzhí dōu zài wǎnghòu tuì.
  They are going forwards and I am always going backwards.

Words containing 往后

• 从此往后cóng cǐ wǎng hòufrom here on

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read wǎng hòu correctly.
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