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后来 hòulái

后来 hòulái Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 2 English Translations of the word 后来 hòulái .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
hòulái | hou4 lai2
English translation
afterwards
later

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Traditional form

後來

Part of speech

Time word / 时间词 Shíjiān cí
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Etymology of 后来 hòulái

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Hòu

Explanation

Hòu (empress) and its mirror image (take charge) were originally used interchangeably. The origin of both characters is unclear. In simplified Chinese Hòu is also used to mean "after, behind", while in traditional Chinese this meaning is written with a sepa

Positional decomposition

⿸? kǒu

Number of Strokes

6
lái

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Simplified form of lái . Pictograph of wheat. The current meaning "come" is a phonetic loan. The original meaning "wheat" is now written as mài .

Positional decomposition

未丷

Number of Strokes

7

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Example sentences using 后来 hòulái

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必须 bìxū tuō diào 这些 zhè xiē 湿 shī 衣服 yīfu ,然后 ránhòu lái bēi gān 提尼.

I must get out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini.

禁食 jìn shí 四十 sì shí 昼夜 zhòuyè , 后来 hòulái jiù 饿 è le .

After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

后来 hòulái 想起 xiǎng qǐ zài , 便 biàn 偷偷 tōu tōu de Shū diū zài 椅子 yǐzi xià .

Remembering my presence, he furtively dropped it under his chair.

我们 wǒmen 原先 yuánxiān 同意 tóngyì jūn tān 费用 fèi yòng , dàn 后来 hòulái què kěn Qián .

We agreed to share the cost but later he wouldn't shell out.

昨天 zuótiān duō yún , dàn 后来 hòulái tiān qíng le .

It was cloudy yesterday, but it turned out fine.

后来 hòulái Decomposition

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后来 hòulái Compounds

See all 24 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 后来 hòulái in their composition.

  • Hòu
    • hòu , gòu , gòu , hòu , gòu , Hòu , hóu , hòu , , , 缿, , gòu , ,
  • lái
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