以后

Character by character

• 以yǐ5 strokesHSK 2by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order 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 以后. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 可以kě yǐHSK 2

  can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good

• 后hòuHSK 1

  empress; queen; (archaic) monarch; ruler

• 所以suǒ yǐHSK 2

  therefore; as a result; so; the reason why

• 以yǐHSK 7

  to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)

• 最后zuì hòuHSK 1

  final; last; finally; ultimate

• 然后rán hòuHSK 2

  then; after that; afterwards

• 之后zhī hòuHSK 4

  after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then

• 以前yǐ qiánHSK 2

  before; formerly; previous; ago

• 以及yǐ jíHSK 4

  as well as; too; and

• 以为yǐ wéiHSK 2

  to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)

• 后来hòu láiHSK 2

  afterwards; later; newly arrived

• 以来yǐ láiHSK 3

  since (a previous event)

• 后面hòu mianHSK 3

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

• 难以nán yǐHSK 5

  hard to (predict, imagine etc)

• 以下yǐ xiàHSK 2

  that level or lower; that amount or less; the following

• 以上yǐ shàngHSK 2

  that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all.

• 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

• 以外yǐ wàiHSK 2

  apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond

• 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 ...)"

• 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