落后 luòhòu▶ atrasado, quedarse atrás

Stroke order

落后 is written in 18 strokes across 2 characters.

• 落 — 12 strokes
• 后 — 6 strokes

Senses

1. to fall behind
2. to lag (in technology etc)
3. backward
4. to retrogress

Related words

• 后果Consecuencia
• 后背espalda, atrás
• 冷落indiferente
• 后代Descendencia
• 后勤logística
• 后悔lamentar, arrepentirse; lamento

落后 is pronounced luòhòu and means “atrasado, quedarse atrás”. HSK 5 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 落后 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.