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Afterwards in Chinese: 后来 (hòu lái)

hòu lái

afterwards

HSK 3.0 Level 2Traditional: 後來2 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1afterwards; later
  2. 2newly arrived

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ㄏㄡˋ

hòu

ㄏ/ hㄡ/ ouˋ/ fourth tone

ㄌㄞˊ

lái

ㄌ/ lㄞ/ aiˊ/ second tone

Simplified & traditional

后来

Simplified

後來

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 他后来写信给总统。

    tā hòu lái xiě xìn gěi zǒng tǒng。

    Later he wrote to the president.

  • 园丁后来发现就是凶手。

    yuán dīng hòu lái fā xiàn jiù shì xiōng shǒu。

    The gardener turned out to be the murderer.

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Related words

来

lái

to come

后

hòu

empress

后面

hòu mian

the back

然后

rán hòu

then

以后

yǐ hòu

after

本来

běn lái

original

从来

cóng lái

always

后悔

hòu huǐ

to regret

将来

jiāng lái

in the future

起来

qǐ lai

to stand up

原来

yuán lái

original

最后

zuì hòu

final

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