后果 (hòuguǒ) means Consequence. Below are 4 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
你要考虑 后果 。
Nǐ yào kǎolǜ hòuguǒ.
You need to consider the consequences.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 后果
这样做的 后果 很严重。
Zhèyàng zuò de hòuguǒ hěn yánzhòng.
The consequences of doing this are serious.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 后果
那场地震造成了极其悲惨的 后果 。
Nà chǎng dìzhèn zàochéng le jíqí bēicǎn de hòuguǒ.
That earthquake caused extremely tragic consequences.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 悲惨
如果没有及时干预， 后果 不堪设想。
Rúguǒ méiyǒu jíshí gānyù, hòuguǒ bùkān shèxiǎng.
Without timely intervention the consequences would be unthinkable.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 干预
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How is 后果 used in a sentence?
This page shows 4 sentences using 后果 (hòuguǒ, "Consequence"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 后果 an HSK word?
Yes — 后果 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 后果?
The dictionary page for 后果 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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