Don't drive under the influence of alcohol.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
酒后
after drinking
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
after drinking
02
under the influence of alcohol
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 酒后 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 酒后 appears in 9 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
He is out of control when drunk.
He was arrested for drunken driving.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 酒后.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 酒后.
Directly before
- 因酒后2
- 他会酒后1
Directly after
- 酒后驾车2
- 酒后吐真言2
- 酒后驾驶2
- 酒后失控1
- 酒后别1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 酒后
What does 酒后 mean in Chinese?
酒后 (jiǔhòu) means after drinking.
How do you pronounce 酒后?
酒后 is pronounced jiǔhòu.
Is 酒后 an HSK word?
酒后 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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