屋后

屋後

wūhòu

noun #32,876

Meanings

1 behind the house; the back of the house

Characters

Examples

屋后有一片小竹林。

Wūhòu yǒu yī piàn xiǎo zhúlín.

There's a small bamboo grove behind the house.

他把工具放在屋后的棚子里。

Tā bǎ gōngjù fàng zài wūhòu de péngzi lǐ.

He keeps the tools in the shed behind the house.

Tips

usage

屋 ('house/room') + 后 ('back/behind'). Common in rural and literary descriptions, often paired with 屋前 (wūqián, 'in front of the house'): 屋前屋后 'all around the house'.

Stroke Order

屋 wū

后 hòu