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之后

zhīhòu

Traditional: 之後

after; behind

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Meaning of 之后 in English

zhīhòuHSK 4nounSyllabus #1941
  1. after; behind
  2. (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then

Example sentences

  1. 汤姆在三年之后被杀了。
    tāng mǔ zài sān nián zhī hòu bèi shā le。
    Tom was killed three years later.
    Tatoeba #8848647 by crescat · #8039854 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 我们在午夜之后起床。
    wǒ men zài wǔ yè zhī hòu qǐ chuáng。
    We got up after midnight.
    Tatoeba #2188399 by sadhen · #663867 by bluepie88 · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 我走之后他到达了。
    wǒ zǒu zhī hòu tā dào dá le。
    He arrived after I had left.
    Tatoeba #1450481 by asosan · #246815 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

之 on its own →
zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalen

HSK words with 之

之HSK 4之间HSK 4之前HSK 4之中HSK 4总之HSK 5之所以HSK 6反之HSK 7–9加之HSK 7–9之际HSK 7–9不正之风HSK 7–9
后 on its own →
hòu · empress

HSK words with 后

后HSK 1后面HSK 2后来HSK 3后年HSK 3后天HSK 3然后HSK 3以后HSK 3最后HSK 3后悔HSK 4今后HSK 4

Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences