之
后

After in Chinese: 之后 (zhī hòu)

zhī hòu

after

HSK 3.0 Level 4Traditional: 之後1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1after; behind
  2. 2(at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then

Stroke order

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之
后

Zhuyin

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ㄓ

zhī

ㄓ/ zh—/ first tone

ㄏㄡˋ

hòu

ㄏ/ hㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

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之后

Simplified

之後

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 下课之后，我们一起去打球。

    xià kè zhī hòu， wǒ men yì qǐ qù dǎ qiú。

    After class, we go play ball together.

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Related words

之

zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的)

后

hòu

empress

后面

hòu mian

the back

然后

rán hòu

then

以后

yǐ hòu

after

分之

fēn zhī

(indicating a fraction)

后悔

hòu huǐ

to regret

后来

hòu lái

afterwards

最后

zuì hòu

final

后果

hòu guǒ

consequences

皇后

huáng hòu

empress

落后

luò hòu

to fall behind

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