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从此

cóng cǐ

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 4 2-character word Traditional 從此

从此 (cóng cǐ) means "from then on". It is an HSK 3.0 level 4 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 从此 means

1. from now on
2. since then
3. henceforth

The characters in 从此

• 从cóngfrom; through; via; (bound form) to follow; (bound form) to obey
• 此cǐthis; these

Example sentences

• 从此以后我自由了。
  Now I am free.
• 她从此就留在国外了。
  Tā cóngcǐ jiù liú zài guówài le.
  She has remained abroad ever since.
• 从此，咖啡的价格翻倍。
  The price of coffee has doubled since then.
• 从此起我们为您的安全负责。
  Cóngcǐ qǐ wǒmen wèi nín de ānquán fùzé.
  We are responsible for your protection from now on.
• 我决定从此以后不再穿内衣了。
  I've decided to stop wearing underwear.
• 而且要记住，从此后不要再到海边去。（永远相信，我已经找到最大、最好、最适合我的那一颗）。
  érqiě yào jìzhu, cóngcǐ hòu bù yào zài dào hǎibiān qù.（ yǒngyuǎn xiāngxìn, wǒ yǐjīng zhǎodào zuì dà, zuì hǎo, zuì shìhé wǒ de nà yī kē ）.
  What's more, from now on you must remember that you cannot go to the seaside again (by believing this forever, I have already found the biggest, best and most fitting one for me).

Words starting with 从此

• 从此往后cóng cǐ wǎng hòufrom here on

Where 从此 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Time & Temporal Expressions (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read cóng cǐ correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.