🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

在后面

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zài hòumiàn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Behind/bɪˈhaɪnd/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"狗藏在沙发后面。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As preposition
  1. 1

    At the back of; in the rear of.

    "The dog is hiding behind the couch."
As adverb
  1. 1

    In or to a place at the back.

    "She looked behind to see who was following her."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English bi- (by, at) and hindan (from behind, from the back), originating from Proto-Germanic roots. Over centuries, the compound fused into a standard preposition and adverb denoting spatial positioning to the rear of an object or person.

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