之后

Character by character

• 之zhī4 strokesHSK 4marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
• 后hòu6 strokesHSK 1 traditional 後queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 之后. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 后hòuHSK 1

  empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler

• 之zhīHSK 7

  (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it

• 最后zuì hòuHSK 1

  final; last; finally; ultimate

• 然后rán hòuHSK 2

  then; after that; afterwards

• 以后yǐ hòuHSK 2

  after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future

• 之间zhī jiānHSK 4

  (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间)

• 之前zhī qiánHSK 4

  before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand

• 之一zhī yīHSK 4

  one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc)

• 后来hòu láiHSK 2

  afterwards; later; newly arrived

• 后面hòu mianHSK 3

  the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards

• 之类zhī lèiHSK 6

  and so on; and such

• 之中zhī zhōngHSK 5

  inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during

• 之外zhī wàiHSK 5

  outside; excluding

• 背后bèi hòuHSK 3

  behind; at the back; in the rear; behind sb's back

• 后悔hòu huǐHSK 5

  to regret; to feel remorse

• 之下zhī xiàHSK 5

  under; beneath; less than

• 之内zhī nèiHSK 5

  inside; within

• 后果hòu guǒHSK 3

  consequences; aftermath

• 之所以zhī suǒ yǐHSK 7

  (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"

• 总之zǒng zhīHSK 4

  in a word; in short; in brief

• 今后jīn hòuHSK 2

  hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on

• 随后suí hòuHSK 5

  soon after

• 落后luò hòuHSK 3

  to fall behind; to lag (in technology etc); backward; to retrogress

• 皇后huáng hòuHSK 7

  empress; imperial consort