其后

其後

qíhòu

adverb HSK 7 #22,416

Meanings

1 after that
2 subsequently
3 thereafter

Characters

that; its (literary pronoun)

Examples

他先去了北京，其后又去了上海。

Tā xiān qù le Běijīng, qíhòu yòu qù le Shànghǎi.

He went to Beijing first, and then to Shanghai.

公司成立于2010年，其后迅速发展。

Gōngsī chénglì yú èr líng yī líng nián, qíhòu xùnsù fāzhǎn.

The company was founded in 2010 and developed rapidly thereafter.

Tips

register

其后 is formal and literary. In everyday speech, use 之后 or 后来 instead. 其后 is common in news, historical accounts, and academic writing.

Stroke Order

其 qí

后 hòu