往后

往後

wǎnghòu

adverb HSK 6 #5,777

Meanings

Going toward the future - from now on.

HSK 2

往后的日子会越来越好。

Wǎnghòu de rìzi huì yuèláiyuè hǎo.

The days ahead will get better and better.

HSK 3

请往后退一步。

Qǐng wǎnghòu tuì yī bù.

Please step back one step.

HSK 5

往后在工作中，你一定要避免类似的失误。

Wǎnghòu zài gōngzuò zhōng, nǐ yīdìng yào bìmiǎn lèisì de shīwù.

From now on, at work you must avoid similar mistakes.

usage

往后 can mean 'from now on' (temporal) or 'backward' (spatial). Context makes it clear: 往后退 = step backward; 往后注意 = pay attention from now on.

usage

Compare with 以后 (yǐhòu, after/later) and 今后 (jīnhòu, henceforth). 往后 is slightly more colloquial than 今后.

往 wǎng

后 hòu