# 后人 (hòurén)

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

- Meaning: later generations; descendants
- Pinyin: hòurén (hou4 ren2)
- Traditional: 後人
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 我们要为后人树立榜样。
  Wǒmen yào wèi hòurén shùlì bǎngyàng.
  We should set a good example for later generations.

## Characters

- [后](https://hanziro.com/word/hou-after/) (hòu): after; behind
- [人](https://hanziro.com/word/ren-person/) (rén): person; people

https://hanziro.com/word/hou-ren-later-generations/

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