后代
hòudài
offspring, descendants
Characters in this word
代 dài
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 弋 to catch, to arrest
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 我们今天如何对待自然资源，将直接影响后代的生存条件。 Wǒmen jīntiān rúhé duìdài zìrán zīyuán, jiāng zhíjiē yǐngxiǎng hòudài de shēngcún tiáojiàn. How we treat natural resources today will directly affect the living conditions of future generations.
- 老人希望后代能过上平安幸福的生活。 Lǎorén xīwàng hòudài néng guò shàng píng'ān xìngfú de shēnghuó. The old man hopes his descendants can live a safe and happy life.
- 这种动物的后代出生几天就能睁开眼睛。 Zhè zhǒng dòngwù de hòudài chūshēng jǐ tiān jiù néng zhēngkāi yǎnjing. The offspring of this animal can open their eyes a few days after birth.
Related words
- 后 hòu behind, after
- 后边 hòubian back, behind
- 后天 hòutiān the day after tomorrow
- 最后 zuìhòu last; finally
- 后来 hòulái later; afterward
- 今后 jīnhòu from now on; in the future
- 然后 ránhòu then; after that
- 以后 yǐhòu later; after
- 背后 bèihòu behind; behind one's back
- 后果 hòuguǒ consequences
- 后面 hòumiàn behind; the back
- 后年 hòunián the year after next