Behind in Chinese
behind · HSK 2
后面
- 后 after
- 面 face
他就站在我后面。 He's standing right behind me.
Other ways to say behind
More words with 后 or 面
How do you say behind in Chinese?
Behind in Chinese is 后面 (hòu miàn). You can also say 背后 (bèi hòu), 后 (hòu).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.