后来

Pinyin: hòulái

afterwards; later; newly arrived

Example sentence

我本来想走的,但后来忘了。

Wǒ běnlái xiǎng zǒu de, dàn hòulái wàng le.

I intended to go, but forgot to.

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What 后来 means

后来 (hòulái) is an Chinese word meaning “afterwards; later; newly arrived”. It appears in the HSK 3 collection.

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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