后来 hòulái later

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Traditional: 後來

Stroke order

后来 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.

后来 — the Chinese character for later (hòulái), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 后来 — later

后 — 6 strokes
来 — 7 strokes

Senses

afterwards; later
newly arrived

Characters in 后来

后 hòu — empress; queen; (archaic) monarch
来 lái — to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); for the past (amount of time)

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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

后来 is pronounced hòulái and means “later”.

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