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后来 hòulái
后来 (hòulái) means "afterwards". It is a word from HSK 2 (N), number 487 in this course by how often it appears.
- Meaning
- afterwards; later; newly arrived
- Pinyin
- hòulái
- Traditional
- 後來
- Level
- HSK 2
- Characters
- 后 来
Updated
Example sentences
- 他后来写信给总统。
Later he wrote to the president.
Tatoeba: mtdot / Source_VOA - 园丁后来发现就是凶手。
The gardener turned out to be the murderer.
Tatoeba: ryanwoo / Eldad - 我本来想走的，但后来忘了。
I wanted to go, but I forgot.
Tatoeba: notabene / LeeSooHa
Learned together
In the course, "后来" is in the same group as these words. You master them as a set.