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后来

hòulái

Traditional: 後來

afterwards; later

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Meaning of 后来 in English

hòuláiHSK 3nounSyllabus #671
  1. afterwards; later
  2. newly arrived

Example sentences

  1. 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.
    Tatoeba #4760021 by ryanwoo · #3780308 by Eldad · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 我本来想走的，但后来忘了。
    wǒ běn lái xiǎng zǒu de， dàn hòu lái wàng le。
    I intended to go, but forgot to.
    Tatoeba #4264664 by notabene · #257415 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 他后来写信给总统。
    tā hòu lái xiě xìn gěi zǒng tǒng。
    Later he wrote to the president.
    Tatoeba #1394976 by mtdot · #803047 by Source_VOA · CC BY 2.0 FR

Sentence pinyin is generated automatically and may contain errors.

Characters

后 on its own →
hòu · empress

HSK words with 后

后HSK 1后面HSK 2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前后HSK 4
来 on its own →
lái · to come

HSK words with 来

来HSK 1出来HSK 2过来HSK 2回来HSK 2进来HSK 2起来HSK 2上来HSK 2下来HSK 2看来HSK 3来自HSK 3

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