Word information
Simplified然后
Traditional然後
Pinyinránhòu
Part of speech连
HSK 3.03
HSK 2.03
Character breakdown
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How to learn 然后
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后hòu
back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later; post-; empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler; surname Hou
后面hòumiànthe back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards
虽然suīránalthough; even though (often used correlatively with 可是[ke3 shi4] or 但是[dan4 shi4] etc)
当然dāngránonly natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt
后来hòuláiafterwards; later; newly arrived
后年hòuniánthe year after next