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以后

yǐ hòu

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word Traditional 以後

以后 (yǐ hòu) means "after". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 以后 means

1. after
2. later
3. afterwards
4. following
5. later on
6. in the future

How 以后 is used in grammar

以后 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.

• Time Clauses: 在…以前/以后, 当…的时候 (HSK 2)

The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 3, fixed patterns.

The characters in 以后

• 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch

Example sentences

• 以后再讲。
  Talk to you later.
• 以后请注意点。
  Please take more care in the future.
• 以后得小心点啊。
  Be more careful from now on.
• 以后打算干什幺？
  What would you like to do in the future?
• 我们以后往哪走？
  Where will we go afterwards?
• 天黑以后不要出门。
  Don't go out after it gets dark.

Words containing 以后

• 从今以后cóng jīn yǐ hòufrom now on; henceforward

Sounds the same

Read yǐ hòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 蚁后queen ant

Where 以后 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Directions & Location (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yǐ hòu correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.