后来

後來

hòulái

adverb HSK 2 #1,092

Meanings

1 afterwards
2 later
3 subsequently

Characters

Examples

后来怎么样了？

Hòulái zěnmeyàng le?

What happened afterwards?

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.

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 (yǐhòu).

Stroke Order

后 hòu

来 lái