# 后代 (hòudài)

In Mandarin Chinese, 后代 (hòudài) means “descendants; later generations”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: descendants; later generations
- Pinyin: hòudài (hou4 dai4)
- Traditional: 後代
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 我们要为后代保护好环境。
  Wǒmen yào wèi hòudài bǎohù hǎo huánjìng.
  We should leave a clean environment for later generations.

## Characters

- [后](https://hanziro.com/word/hou-after/) (hòu): after; behind
- [代](https://hanziro.com/word/dai-replace/) (dài): to replace; generation

https://hanziro.com/word/hou-dai-descendants/

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Audio: audio-cmn (CC BY-SA).