后裔
hòuyì
descendant; offspring
Characters in this word
裔 yì
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 衣 — cloth
- Made of
- 衣 cloth 冏 bright, brilliant
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这位科学家是移民后裔，却始终把自己的研究视为两种文化之间的桥梁。 Zhè wèi kēxuéjiā shì yímín hòuyì, què shǐzhōng bǎ zìjǐ de yánjiū shìwéi liǎng zhǒng wénhuà zhījiān de qiáoliáng. This scientist is a descendant of immigrants, yet has always viewed his research as a bridge between two cultures.
- 这位老人的后裔现在分布在不同的城市。 Zhè wèi lǎorén de hòuyì xiànzài fēnbù zài bùtóng de chéngshì. This old man's descendants are now spread across different cities.
- 这个村子里大多数人都是同一位祖先的后裔。 Zhè ge cūnzi lǐ dàduōshù rén dōu shì tóng yí wèi zǔxiān de hòuyì. Most people in this village are descendants of the same ancestor.
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