# 后者 (hòuzhě)

In Mandarin Chinese, 后者 (hòuzhě) means “the latter”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: the latter
- Pinyin: hòuzhě (hou4 zhe3)
- Traditional: 後者
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 咖啡和茶之间，我喜欢后者。
  Kāfēi hé chá zhījiān, wǒ xǐhuan hòuzhě.
  Between coffee and tea, I prefer the latter.

## Characters

- [后](https://hanziro.com/word/hou-after/) (hòu): after; behind
- [者](https://hanziro.com/word/zhe-person-who-does/) (zhě): (suffix) person who does sth; -er

https://hanziro.com/word/hou-zhe-latter/

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