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后续 (hòu xù) — follow-up (attributive), subsequent

Definition

Follow-up or subsequent — used as an attributive adjective before nouns (后续计划, 后续工作), describing what comes after the main event. Not a near-synonym of 转身 (which is a verb meaning 'to turn around').

adjective
follow-up (attributive)subsequent

Examples

  • 后续。
    Qǐng zhì dìng yí gè xiáng xì de hòu xù jì huà.
    Please make a detailed follow-up plan.
  • 后续。
    hòu xù Gōng zuò yóu xīn tuán duì fù zé.
    The follow-up work is handled by the new team.
  • 后续。
    Wǒ men xū yào tǎo lùn hòu xù de ān pái.
    We need to discuss the subsequent arrangements.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

后hòulater
续xùcontinue

后 means later, and 续 means to continue.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 後; 后 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 後 showed 夊 (foot) bound by 幺 (thread), a foot caught by a rope and lagging behind; the simplified 后 is a later abbreviation, and 后 also has a different meaning.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 續; 续 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
糸糸mìrope
Sound part声符shēngfú
𧶠
𧶠𧶠續xù
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 續 pairs 糸 (rope) with 𧶠 as the sound part; the simplified 续 is a later abbreviation.

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