Chinese word dictionary

之后

zhīhòu · after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then

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Word information

Simplified之后

Traditional之後

Pinyinzhīhòu

Part of speech名

HSK 3.04

HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

之zhī

marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to

后hòu

after; behind, rear; descendants

How to learn 之后

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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Words with the same characters

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后hòu

back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-; empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler; surname Hou

之zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it

后面hòumiàn

the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards

后来hòulái

afterwards; later; newly arrived

后年hòunián

the year after next

后天hòutiān

the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 先天[xian1 tian1]); acquired (not innate or congenital); a posteriori