后来

後來

hòulái

adverb HSK 3 #1,092

Meanings

1 afterwards
2 later
3 subsequently

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

后来怎么样了？

Hòulái zěnmeyàng le?

What happened afterwards?

HSK 3

他先去了北京，后来去了上海。

Tā xiān qù le Běijīng, hòulái qù le Shànghǎi.

He first went to Beijing, then later went to Shanghai.

HSK 6

后来我们成了好朋友。

Hòulái wǒmen chéng le hǎo péngyou.

Later we became good friends.

Tips

grammar

后来 is only for past events. For future 'later', use 以后.

Stroke Order

后 hòu

来 lái