"后" meaning in Chinese

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Character

IPA: /xoʊ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /hɐu̯²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /heu̯⁵⁵/ [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sinological-IPA, Sixian], /hɑu²⁴²/ [Fuzhou, Sinological-IPA], /hiɤ³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung], /hio⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /hio³³/ [Hokkien, Taipei], /hio²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /hio²²/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /hɔ⁴¹/ [Hokkien, Quanzhou], /hɔ³³/ [Hokkien, Kaohsiung, Taipei], /hɔ²²/ [Hokkien, Xiamen, Zhangzhou], /hou³⁵/ [Sinological-IPA, Teochew], /xoʊ̯⁵¹/, /hɐu̯²²/, /heu̯⁵⁵/, /hɑu²⁴²/, /hiɤ³³/, /hio⁴¹/, /hio³³/, /hio²²/, /hio²²/, /hɔ⁴¹/, /hɔ³³/, /hɔ²²/, /hou³⁵/, /ɦɤ²³/ Chinese transliterations: hòu [Mandarin, Pinyin], hou⁴ [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄏㄡˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], hau⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], heu [Hakka, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], hâiu, hiō [Hokkien, POJ], hiǒ [Hokkien, POJ], hō͘ [Hokkien, POJ], hou⁶ [Peng'im, Teochew], ⁶gheu, hòu [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], hòu [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], hou⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], hòu [Mandarin, Yale], how [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], хоу [Mandarin, Palladius], xou [Mandarin, Palladius], hauh [Cantonese, Yale], hau⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], heo⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], heu [Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Phak-fa-su, Sixian], heu [Hakka, Hakka-Romanization-System, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], heu⁴ [Hagfa-Pinyim, Hakka, Meinong, Miaoli, Sixian], hâiu [Foochow-Romanized, Fuzhou], hiō [Hokkien, Tai-lo], hioi [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], hiǒ [Hokkien, Tai-lo], hōo [Hokkien, Tai-lo], ho [Hokkien, Phofsit-Daibuun], hŏu [POJ, Teochew], ⁶gheu [Wu], gheu^去 [Wu], ³hheu [Wu], /ɦɤ²³/ [Wu], huwX [Middle-Chinese], huwH [Middle-Chinese], /*ɢˤ(r)oʔ/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*ɡoːʔ/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang], /*ɡoːs/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang]
Etymology: From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-gaw (“head”). Cognate with Tibetan གོ (go, “head; headman”), མགོ (mgo, “head, top, beginning”). Etymology templates: {{inh|zh|sit-pro|*m/s-gaw||head}} Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-gaw (“head”), {{cog|bo|གོ||head; headman}} Tibetan གོ (go, “head; headman”), {{m|bo|མགོ||head, top, beginning}} མགོ (mgo, “head, top, beginning”) Head templates: {{head|zh|hanzi}} 后
  1. king; ruler; emperor Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-后-zh-character-2frV67Tx
  2. ^⁜ queen; empress
    Sense id: en-后-zh-character-tKqmmx4F Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 10 12 41 37
  3. (chess) queen Categories (topical): Chess
    Sense id: en-后-zh-character-qcPB92dF Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 10 12 41 37 Topics: board-games, chess, games
  4. a surname
    Sense id: en-后-zh-character-v2O7m9sM Categories (other): Chinese surnames, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Chinese entries with incorrect language header: 10 12 41 37
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: 仙后座 (Xiānhòuzuò), 元后, 后冠, 后土 (hòutǔ), 后妃 (hòufēi), 后帝 (hòudì), 后座 (hòuzuò), 后王 (hòuwáng), 后皇, 后稷 (Hòujì), 后羿 (Hòuyì), 后羿射日, 后辛, 后辟, 后里 (Hòulǐ), 夏后氏 (Xiàhòushì), 大天后宮, 天后 (Tiānhòu), 太后 (tàihòu), 太皇太后 (tài huáng tàihòu), 川后, 影后 (yǐnghòu), 慈安太后, 慈禧太后 (Cíxǐ Tàihòu), 武后, 母后 (mǔhòu), 王后 (wánghòu), 甄后, 皇后 (huánghòu), 皇太后 (huángtàihòu), 皇天后土 (huángtiānhòutǔ), 稱王封后, 竇太后, 群后, 蕭太后, 西后, 西太后 (Xītàihòu), 賀后罵殿, 贺后骂殿, 賈后, 韋后, 風后, 馬后練服, 马后练服, 齊后破環, 齐后破环 Related terms: (wáng), 國王 (guówáng), 国王 (guówáng), 皇后 (huánghòu), (jū), (jū), 城堡 (chéngbǎo), (xiàng), 主教 (zhǔjiào), (mǎ), (mǎ), 騎士 (qíshì), 骑士 (qíshì), (bīng)

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      "roman": "Xiānhòuzuò",
      "word": "仙后座"
    },
    {
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      "word": "元后"
    },
    {
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      "word": "后冠"
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      "roman": "hòutǔ",
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    },
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      "roman": "hòufēi",
      "word": "后妃"
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      "roman": "hòudì",
      "word": "后帝"
    },
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      "roman": "hòuwáng",
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    {
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      "word": "后皇"
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    {
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      "roman": "Hòujì",
      "word": "后稷"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Hòuyì",
      "word": "后羿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "后羿射日"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "后辛"
    },
    {
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      "word": "后辟"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Hòulǐ",
      "word": "后里"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Xiàhòushì",
      "word": "夏后氏"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "大天后宮"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Tiānhòu",
      "word": "天后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tàihòu",
      "word": "太后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "tài huáng tàihòu",
      "word": "太皇太后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "川后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "yǐnghòu",
      "word": "影后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "慈安太后"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "Cíxǐ Tàihòu",
      "word": "慈禧太后"
    },
    {
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      "word": "武后"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "mǔhòu",
      "word": "母后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wánghòu",
      "word": "王后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "甄后"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "huánghòu",
      "word": "皇后"
    },
    {
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      "roman": "huángtàihòu",
      "word": "皇太后"
    },
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      "roman": "huángtiānhòutǔ",
      "word": "皇天后土"
    },
    {
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      "word": "稱王封后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "竇太后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "群后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "蕭太后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "西后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Xītàihòu",
      "word": "西太后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "賀后罵殿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "贺后骂殿"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "賈后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "韋后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "風后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "馬后練服"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "马后练服"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "齊后破環"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "齐后破环"
    }
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        "2": "sit-pro",
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "2": "གོ",
        "3": "",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "མགོ",
        "3": "",
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      },
      "expansion": "མགོ (mgo, “head, top, beginning”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-gaw (“head”). Cognate with Tibetan གོ (go, “head; headman”), མགོ (mgo, “head, top, beginning”).",
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      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
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      "name": "head"
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "wáng",
      "word": "王"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "guówáng",
      "word": "國王"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "guówáng",
      "word": "国王"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "huánghòu",
      "word": "皇后"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jū",
      "word": "車"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "jū",
      "word": "车"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "chéngbǎo",
      "word": "城堡"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "xiàng",
      "word": "象"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "zhǔjiào",
      "word": "主教"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mǎ",
      "word": "馬"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mǎ",
      "word": "马"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qíshì",
      "word": "騎士"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "qíshì",
      "word": "骑士"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "bīng",
      "word": "兵"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Hou Ji, (literally, “Lord of Millet”) - legendary Chinese cultural hero and progenitor of the Zhou dynasty",
          "roman": "Hòujì",
          "text": "后稷",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "king; ruler; emperor"
      ],
      "id": "en-后-zh-character-2frV67Tx",
      "links": [
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ],
        [
          "emperor",
          "emperor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 12 41 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "queen",
          "roman": "wánghòu",
          "text": "王后",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "^⁜ queen; empress"
      ],
      "id": "en-后-zh-character-tKqmmx4F",
      "links": [
        [
          "queen",
          "queen"
        ],
        [
          "empress",
          "empress"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Chess",
          "orig": "zh:Chess",
          "parents": [
            "Board games",
            "Tabletop games",
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 12 41 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "queen"
      ],
      "id": "en-后-zh-character-qcPB92dF",
      "links": [
        [
          "chess",
          "chess"
        ],
        [
          "queen",
          "queen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chess) queen"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "board-games",
        "chess",
        "games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 12 41 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "id": "en-后-zh-character-v2O7m9sM",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hau⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heu"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hâiu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hiō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hiǒ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hō͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶gheu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "how"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xoʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hauh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hau⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heo⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐu̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/heu̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hâiu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɑu²⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hiō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hioi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiɤ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hiǒ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hōo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hŏu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶gheu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gheu^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³hheu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦɤ²³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huwX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huwH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɢˤ(r)oʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡoːʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡoːs/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ hiǒ /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xoʊ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐu̯²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/heu̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɑu²⁴²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiɤ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦɤ²³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɢˤ(r)oʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡoːʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡoːs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "后"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Chinese Han characters",
    "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Chinese lemmas",
    "Chinese nouns",
    "Chinese terms derived from Proto-Sino-Tibetan",
    "Chinese terms inherited from Proto-Sino-Tibetan",
    "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Eastern Min lemmas",
    "Eastern Min nouns",
    "Middle Chinese lemmas",
    "Old Chinese lemmas",
    "cmn:Chess"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "Xiānhòuzuò",
      "word": "仙后座"
    },
    {
      "word": "元后"
    },
    {
      "word": "后冠"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hòutǔ",
      "word": "后土"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hòufēi",
      "word": "后妃"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hòudì",
      "word": "后帝"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hòuzuò",
      "word": "后座"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hòuwáng",
      "word": "后王"
    },
    {
      "word": "后皇"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Hòujì",
      "word": "后稷"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Hòuyì",
      "word": "后羿"
    },
    {
      "word": "后羿射日"
    },
    {
      "word": "后辛"
    },
    {
      "word": "后辟"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Hòulǐ",
      "word": "后里"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Xiàhòushì",
      "word": "夏后氏"
    },
    {
      "word": "大天后宮"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Tiānhòu",
      "word": "天后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tàihòu",
      "word": "太后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tài huáng tàihòu",
      "word": "太皇太后"
    },
    {
      "word": "川后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "yǐnghòu",
      "word": "影后"
    },
    {
      "word": "慈安太后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Cíxǐ Tàihòu",
      "word": "慈禧太后"
    },
    {
      "word": "武后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mǔhòu",
      "word": "母后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "wánghòu",
      "word": "王后"
    },
    {
      "word": "甄后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huánghòu",
      "word": "皇后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huángtàihòu",
      "word": "皇太后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huángtiānhòutǔ",
      "word": "皇天后土"
    },
    {
      "word": "稱王封后"
    },
    {
      "word": "竇太后"
    },
    {
      "word": "群后"
    },
    {
      "word": "蕭太后"
    },
    {
      "word": "西后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Xītàihòu",
      "word": "西太后"
    },
    {
      "word": "賀后罵殿"
    },
    {
      "word": "贺后骂殿"
    },
    {
      "word": "賈后"
    },
    {
      "word": "韋后"
    },
    {
      "word": "風后"
    },
    {
      "word": "馬后練服"
    },
    {
      "word": "马后练服"
    },
    {
      "word": "齊后破環"
    },
    {
      "word": "齐后破环"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "sit-pro",
        "3": "*m/s-gaw",
        "4": "",
        "5": "head"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-gaw (“head”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "གོ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "head; headman"
      },
      "expansion": "Tibetan གོ (go, “head; headman”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bo",
        "2": "མགོ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "head, top, beginning"
      },
      "expansion": "མགོ (mgo, “head, top, beginning”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-gaw (“head”). Cognate with Tibetan གོ (go, “head; headman”), མགོ (mgo, “head, top, beginning”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "hanzi"
      },
      "expansion": "后",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "wáng",
      "word": "王"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guówáng",
      "word": "國王"
    },
    {
      "roman": "guówáng",
      "word": "国王"
    },
    {
      "roman": "huánghòu",
      "word": "皇后"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jū",
      "word": "車"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jū",
      "word": "车"
    },
    {
      "roman": "chéngbǎo",
      "word": "城堡"
    },
    {
      "roman": "xiàng",
      "word": "象"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zhǔjiào",
      "word": "主教"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mǎ",
      "word": "馬"
    },
    {
      "roman": "mǎ",
      "word": "马"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qíshì",
      "word": "騎士"
    },
    {
      "roman": "qíshì",
      "word": "骑士"
    },
    {
      "roman": "bīng",
      "word": "兵"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Hou Ji, (literally, “Lord of Millet”) - legendary Chinese cultural hero and progenitor of the Zhou dynasty",
          "roman": "Hòujì",
          "text": "后稷",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "king; ruler; emperor"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "king",
          "king"
        ],
        [
          "ruler",
          "ruler"
        ],
        [
          "emperor",
          "emperor"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese terms with obsolete senses",
        "Mandarin terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "queen",
          "roman": "wánghòu",
          "text": "王后",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "^⁜ queen; empress"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "queen",
          "queen"
        ],
        [
          "empress",
          "empress"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "zh:Chess"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "queen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chess",
          "chess"
        ],
        [
          "queen",
          "queen"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chess) queen"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "board-games",
        "chess",
        "games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Chinese surnames"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a surname"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄏㄡˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hau⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heu"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "hâiu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hiō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hiǒ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "POJ"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hō͘"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Peng'im",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou⁶"
    },
    {
      "zh-pron": "⁶gheu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hou⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hòu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "how"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "хоу"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "xou"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xoʊ̯⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hauh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hau⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heo⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐu̯²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Phak-fa-su",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hakka-Romanization-System",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hagfa-Pinyim",
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sixian"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "heu⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/heu̯⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Meinong",
        "Miaoli",
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Sixian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Foochow-Romanized",
        "Fuzhou"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hâiu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɑu²⁴²/",
      "tags": [
        "Fuzhou",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hiō"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hioi"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiɤ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hiǒ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Tai-lo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hōo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Phofsit-Daibuun"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ho"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Quanzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ³³/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Kaohsiung",
        "Taipei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²/",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Xiamen",
        "Zhangzhou"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "POJ",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "hŏu"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou³⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Sinological-IPA",
        "Teochew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "⁶gheu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "gheu^去"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "³hheu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/ɦɤ²³/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huwX"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Middle-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "huwH"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Baxter-Sagart",
        "Old-Chinese"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɢˤ(r)oʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡoːʔ/"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Old-Chinese",
        "Zhengzhang"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "/*ɡoːs/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/ hiǒ /"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xoʊ̯⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɐu̯²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/heu̯⁵⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɑu²⁴²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hiɤ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hio²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ⁴¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ³³/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hɔ²²/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/hou³⁵/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɦɤ²³/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɢˤ(r)oʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡoːʔ/"
    },
    {
      "other": "/*ɡoːs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "后"
}

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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "soft-redirect",
  "redirects": [
    "後"
  ],
  "word": "后"
}
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  "called_from": "pronunciations/296/20230324",
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  "path": [
    "后"
  ],
  "section": "Chinese",
  "subsection": "",
  "title": "后",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "subsection": "",
  "title": "后",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "subsection": "",
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  "subsection": "",
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  "trace": ""
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  "subsection": "",
  "title": "后",
  "trace": ""
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  "subsection": "",
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  "trace": ""
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  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'Eastern Min'",
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  "msg": "Zh-pron header not found in zh_pron_tags or tags: 'MiniDict'",
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Chinese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.