后置

後置
hòuzhì
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 rear-mounted; rear
  2. 2 to place after
  3. 3 postposed (grammar)

Examples

HSK 7-9
Zhè kuǎn shǒujī de hòuzhì shèxiàngtóu yǒu wǔqiānwàn xiàngsù.
This phone's rear camera has 50 megapixels.
HSK 7-9
Yīngyǔ de hěnduō dìngyǔ shì hòuzhì de, Hànyǔ de dìngyǔ què yìbān fàng zài míngcí qiánmian.
Many English attributives come after the noun, but Chinese attributives usually go in front of it.

Tips

usage
The pair is 前置 "front" and 后置 "rear": a phone has a 前置摄像头 for selfies and a 后置摄像头 on the back, and spec sheets shorten three rear cameras to 后置三摄. In grammar lessons on classical Chinese, 定语后置 is an attributive placed after its noun.

Stroke Order

后 hòu
置 zhì