后来 hòulái▶ más tarde

Stroke order

后来 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

• 后 — 6 strokes
• 来 — 7 strokes

Senses

1. afterwards; later
2. newly arrived

Example sentences

• 后来他搬到了北京。Hòulái tā bāndàole Běijīng.Later he moved to Beijing.
• 我开始不认识他，后来我们成了朋友。Wǒ kāishǐ bù rènshi tā, hòulái wǒmen chéngle péngyou.At first I did not know him; later we became friends.

Related words

• 最后Último; durar
• 然后Entonces
• 起来levantarse
• 从来Siempre
• 原来Original
• 后悔lamentar, arrepentirse; lamento

后来 is pronounced hòulái and means “más tarde”. HSK 3 is where this word sits in the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the exam used to grade Chinese proficiency. Reading 后来 and remembering it are not the same achievement: the first fades within days unless the second is practised. LexiTrail times each review to the edge of forgetting, which is where a repetition is worth the most.