BEHIND  後後

PLACE on the MORE DISTANT SIDE of a THING as SEEN FROM the HUMAN WHO SEES THIS THING.
AT THE BACK/REAR OFBEYONDON THE FAR/OTHER SIDE OFIN BACK OF
Antonym
  • IN FRONTPLACE BETWEEN SPEAKER AND something OR NEAR in the DIRECTION the SPEAKER LOOKING.
    Hypernym
    • PLACEPART of SPACE that THINGS BE-IN:are-in.
      • PARTOBJECT which COMBINES with OTHER OBJECTS to BECOME ONE LARGER WHOLE OBJECT.
        • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
    See also
    • THEREUPONAt the MOMENT WHEN something OTHER has HAPPENED.NB: THEN is taken as a logical conditional relation, whereas THEREUPON is temporal. The distinction needs much more attention.
      Hyponym
      • NEXT　IMMEDIATELY BEHIND a SEQUENCE of THINGS.
        Old Chinese Criteria
        1. The standard term is hòu 後 (ant. qián 前 "before") which has both temporal and spatial meanings, the spatial meaning being the primary one. The term has no competitors in the spatial sphere.

        Modern Chinese Criteria
        後

        後面

        後邊

        後頭

        背後

        末端

        末尾

        後尾兒

        尾

        後身

        rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／

          Attributions by syntactic funtion

          • n(post-N) : 8
          • vi : 7
          • npost-N : 6
          • vtoN : 5
          • vtoN.adV : 3
          • vadN : 1
          • npost-N.adS : 1
          • v[adN]post-N : 1
          • vt[oN] : 1
          • v[adN] : 1
          • n[post-N] : 1
          • n(post-N.postadV) : 1
          • n : 1
          • n{PLACE}adV : 1

          Attributions by text

          • 春秋左傳 : 9
          • 論語 : 6
          • 荀子 : 5
          • 搜神記 : 3
          • 韓非子 : 3
          • 說苑 : 2
          • 史記 : 2
          • 禮記 : 1
          • 記纂淵海 : 1
          • 戰國策 : 1
          • 淮南子 : 1
          • 阮籍集四卷 : 1
          • 呂氏春秋 : 1
          • 韓詩外傳 : 1
          • 祖堂集 : 1

          Words

          後  hòu OC: ɡooʔ MC: ɦu 26 AttributionsWD

          The standard term is hòu 後 (ant. qián 前 "before") which has both temporal and spatial meanings, the spatial meaning being the primary one. The term has no competitors in the spatial sphere.

            Word relations
          • Ant: 前/IN FRONT The current word for "before in space" is qián 前 (ant. hòu 後"behind"), and the word does not seem to have competitors.
          • Oppos: 首/HEAD The standard word for the head is shǒu 首.

            Syntactic words
          • n(post-N)the rear, that which is behind one; the rearguard; the hind part
          • n(post-N.postadV)from behind the contextually determiate NCH
          • npost-Nbehind N
          • nsubjecthind part
          • n{PLACE}adVat the rear
          • v[adN]those people at the rear; soldiers at the rear
          • v[adN]socialthose who stay behind
          • vicome behind, come last
          • vichangefall behind
          • vt+Nfigurativeput (oneself) behind/after N
          • vtoNcausativeput (oneself) last/behind/in the rear
          • vtoNfigurativecome behind, be less honoured than, take second place as compared with
          背  bèi OC: pɯɯɡs MC: puo̝i 3 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • npost-Nbehind N; in the back of N; the back side of NDS
          • vtoN.adVwith one's back towards
          • vtoNcausativecause to be behind you> turn your back on
          • vtoNcausativeturn one's back on > reject
          殿  diàn OC: dɯɯns MC: den 2 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • n(post-N)rear part
          • viactform the rear; bring up the rear (of an army)
          負  fù MC: bjuwX OC: bɯʔLZ 2 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • vtoN.adVwith one's back against NLZ
          下  xià OC: ɢraaʔ MC: ɦɣɛ 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • n[post-N]N=armythe rear (of an army)
          後  hòu MC: huwX OC: ɡooʔCH 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • vadNbackward-positionedCH
          後  hòu 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • npost-N.adSbehind one's backCH
          後  hòu 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • v[adN]post-NN's rear soldiersDS
          偝  bèi MC: bwojH OC: bɯɯɡsLZ 1 AttributionWD
            Syntactic words
          • vt[oN]causativeturn one's back to a person, be not face to face with a person, be away fromLZ
            Click here to add pinyin MC:  OC: CH 0 AttributionsWD
            Syntactic words
          • vadNbackward-positionedCH

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