HSK 2 · Past & present

后来

hòu lái

afterwards; later

Stroke order of 后来

2 characters, 13 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

后 · 6 strokes 来 · 7 strokes

Memory trick

What comes '来' behind '后' is what happens afterwards.

Parts: 后 behind; after + 来 come

The characters in 后来

后 hòu — back; after (6 strokes)
来 lái — to come (7 strokes)

Example sentence

后来他去了中国。

Later he went to China.

Words with 后

后天day after tomorrow 后back; after 后边behind 最后finally; last 以后after; later 今后from now on 然后then; after that 后面behind; at the back 背后behind; at the back 落后to fall behind; backward 后年year after next 后果consequence 前后around; from start to end

Words with 来

起来to get up; to rise 来to come 来到to arrive; to come to 出来to come out 进来to come in 回来to come back 来自to come from 原来originally; so it turns out 接下来next; following 越来越more and more 带来to bring 过来to come over 上来to come up 下来to come down 传来to come through (of sound or news)以来since 从来always; ever 本来originally

More words: Past & present

当时at that time 那时at that time 那时候at that time 那会儿at that time 这时at this time 这时候at this moment 以后after; later 以前before; formerly 今后from now on 过去the past; to go over 最近recently 原来originally; so it turns out 已经already 早就long ago; already

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