先后

先後

xiānhòu

adverb HSK 5 #17,117

Meanings

HSK 3

他先后去了三个国家。

Tā xiānhòu qù le sān gè guójiā.

He visited three countries one after another.

HSK 3

不分先后，大家都有机会。

Bù fēn xiānhòu, dàjiā dōu yǒu jīhuì.

Regardless of order, everyone has a chance.

HSK 6

公司先后推出了两款新产品。

Gōngsī xiānhòu tuīchū le liǎng kuǎn xīn chǎnpǐn.

The company launched two new products in succession.

grammar

先后 + verb means 'did something successively/one after another.' It implies multiple events happened in sequence.

先 xiān

后 hòu