后年
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 3 (2021)
后年 (hòunián) · the year after next
后年 (hòunián) means “the year after next”. It is written with 2 characters: 后 (behind) + 年 (year). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 后年 is built
The characters
后 hòu · behind
What 后 is made of
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 冂 — frame
年 nián · year
What 年 is made of
- 干gàn — dry (gān)
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丨 — vertical stroke
Origin hint: A man 干 carrying grain, representing the annual harvest (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我后年去中国。Wǒ hòunián qù Zhōngguó.I'm going to China the year after next.
后年你就二十岁了吧？Hòunián nǐ jiù èrshí suì le ba?You'll be twenty the year after next, right?
Questions about 后年
What does 后年 mean?
后年 (hòunián) means “the year after next”.
How do you pronounce 后年?
后年 is pronounced hòunián.
Which HSK level is 后年?
后年 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 3 (2021).
Related words
- 后边hòubianbehind
- 后天hòutiānday after tomorrow
- 最后zuìhòulast
- 后来hòuláilater
- 今后jīnhòufrom now on
- 然后ránhòuthen
- 以后yǐhòuafter
- 背后bèihòubehind
- 后果hòuguǒconsequence
- 后面hòumianbehind
Learn 后年 with its group
It is part of HSK 3 (2021) · Group 2: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.