HSK 3 HSK V2
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后来

/ hòu lái /
Strokes

Collocation

1
后来者
2
后来的事情
3
后来的情况

Definition

后来 is a Noun, which means “afterward; later; then”.

Example

后来 as a Noun.
1
Gāng
kāishǐ
开始
de
shíhou
时候
  
,
hái
wéi
以为
shì
zhōngguó
中国
rén
  
,
hòulái
后来
cái
zhīdào
知道
shì
hánguó
韩国
rén
  

At first, I thought he was Chinese, but later I learned he was Korean.

2
Yuánxiān
原先
zài
zhèrxué
这儿
guò
学习
duàn
shí
jiān  
时间
  
,
hòulái
后来
jiù
zhuǎnxué
转学
le
  

Originally he studied here for a while, and then he transferred.

3
háishi
还是
nián
去年
Èr
  
yuè
lái
guò
fēng
  
,
xìn  
后来
hòu
láijiù
没有
méi
yǒu
zài
lái
  

He still sent a letter last February, but he hasn't replied since.

4
Zuótiān
昨天
cháng
那场
qiúsài
球赛
  
,
chū
起初
shì
men
我们
duì
lǐngxiān
领先
  
,
hòulái
后来
bèi
duìfāng
对方
zhuī
shànglái
上来
le
  

Yesterday's game, at first our team led, and then the other side caught up.

5
xiānshì
先是
gěi
le
diànhuà
电话
  
,
hòulái
后来
yòu
gěi
xiě
le
fēng
xìn
  

He called me first, and then he wrote me a letter.

6
men
我们
liǎ
一起
shàng
xiǎoxué
小学
  
,
hòulái
后来
yòu
zài
tóng
同一
zhōngxué
中学
shū
读书
  

The two of us went to elementary school together and later attended the same middle school.

7
zhī
zhīdào
知道
zhèxiē
这些
  
,
hòulái
后来
de
shìqing
事情
jiù
tài
qīngchu
清楚
le
  

I only know this, and what happened later is not very clear.

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