后者 meaning in English

hòuzhě

the latter

HSK 7-9nounTraditional 後者14 strokes

Meaning of 后者

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

hòuzhě
  1. the latter

后者 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

独dú立lì的de句jù子zi和hé文wén章zhāng中zhōng的de句jù子zi的de区qū别bié在zài于yú后hòu者zhě具jù备bèi上shàng下xià文wén。
The difference between a standalone sentence and a sentence in the middle of an essay is that the latter has context.
实shí践jiàn和hé理lǐ论lùn同tóng样yàng重zhòng要yào,但dàn我wǒ们men倾qīng向xiàng于yú重zhòng视shì后hòu者zhě而ér忽hū略lüè前qián者zhě。
Practice is as important as theory, but we are apt to value the latter and despise the former.
比bǐ起qǐ歌gē舞wǔ伎jì,我wǒ更gèng喜xǐ欢huān能néng乐lè表biǎo演yǎn,因yīn为wèi我wǒ觉jué得de后hòu者zhě比bǐ前qián者zhě优yōu雅yǎ。
I prefer Noh to Kabuki because I find the former to be more elegant than the latter.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

后 hòu · back · 6 strokes

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  6. 6

者 zhě · one who ... · 8 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 后者.

最后zuìhòufinal; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
后天hòutiānthe day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experie
后边hòubianthe back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back
然后ránhòuthen; after that; afterwards
或者huòzhěor; possibly; maybe; perhaps
以后yǐhòuafter; later
后来hòuláiafterwards; later; newly arrived
今后jīnhòuhereafter; henceforth
后面hòumiànthe back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back
记者jìzhěreporter; journalist
背后bèihòubehind; at the back
后果hòuguǒconsequences; aftermath

Questions about 后者

What does 后者 mean?

后者 (hòuzhě) means "the latter" and is used as a noun.

How do you write 后者?

后者 is made of 2 characters: 后 (6 strokes), 者 (8 strokes). That is 14 strokes in total.

Is 后者 an HSK word?

Yes. 后者 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 后者 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 后者 is written 後者.