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天后
Tiānhòu
1. Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu [[媽祖|妈祖<Māzǔ>]]
2. Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name)
Very Common • Top 5% Noun

Character Breakdown

天
tiān
sky, heaven; god, celestial
HSK 1 4 丶
后
hòu
after; behind, rear; descendants
HSK 1 6 丶

Compound Words (2)

天后站
Tiānhòuzhàn
Tin Hau MTR station (Eastern District, Hong Kong Island)
皇天后土
huángtiānhòutǔ
heaven and earth (idiom)

Metadata

Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
3,920 of 84,292