后来

Every meaning

In a sentence

• 后来我们再也没见过面。

  Afterwards, we never saw each other again.

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In the Library

• 后来，妈妈说：“那，你吃饭了吗？

  妈妈不说“我爱你” · How to say I love you in Chinese · HSK 2

• 在后来很多人讲的故事里，孔融还多说了一句：“我是哥哥，也应该让着弟弟。

  孔融让梨 · Kong Rong and the pears: the boy who took the smallest one · HSK 3

• 后来我才知道，每个新同事来公司以后，第一首歌都是《两只老虎》。

  老板点的歌 · KTV in China: the boss picks the first song · HSK 3

Its characters

• 后hòuafter; later
• 来láito come

Words with 后

• 后面hòumiànback
• 后天hòutiānthe day after tomorrow
• 然后ránhòuthen
• 以后yǐhòulater
• 最后zuìhòufinally
• 后悔hòuhuǐto regret
• 今后jīnhòufrom now on
• 前后qiánhòubefore and after (前后对比)

Words with 来

• 出来chūláito come out
• 过来guòláito come over
• 回来huíláito come back
• 进来jìnláito come in
• 起来qǐláito stand up
• 上来shànglaito come up
• 下来xiàlai(after an adjective) indicates a growing state (as in 静下来)
• 看来kànláiit seems