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Stroke order
后来 is written in 13 strokes across 2 characters.
- 后 — 6 strokes
- 来 — 7 strokes
Senses
- afterwards; later
- 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
后来 is pronounced hòulái and means “sau này”. 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.