后记 (hòujì) · afterword, postscript (to a book)

Measure Word

一篇后记 piān

HSK 4

作者在后记里感谢了家人。

Zuòzhě zài hòujì lǐ gǎnxiè le jiārén.

In the afterword, the author thanks his family.

HSK 7-9

这本书的后记讲了写作的经过，比正文还好看。

Zhè běn shū de hòujì jiǎng le xiězuò de jīngguò, bǐ zhèngwén hái hǎokàn.

The book's afterword tells how it came to be written, and it is more interesting than the main text.

usage

Comes at the back of a book, opposite the 序言 or 前言 at the front. The closing part of a story itself, an epilogue, is usually 尾声.

后 hòu

记 jì