Chinese word

后头

Pronunciation

Pinyinhòu tou

Meaning

  • adverblater

Example

我后头再给你打电话。wǒ hòu tou zài gěi nǐ dǎ diàn huà

I will call you again later.

Illustration for 后头 (later)

More examples

我们后头再联系。wǒ men hòu tou zài lián xì

We'll contact each other later.

Core concept

What lies beyond the current point, whether the point is a moment in time or a place in space.

Common phrases

  • 后头给你打电话hòu tou gěi nǐ dǎ diàn huà

    call you later

  • 后头告诉你hòu tou gào sù nǐ

    tell you later

  • 后头再联系hòu tou zài lián xì

    contact you later

Similar words

以后yǐ hòu: Refers to a time after now or to events that will happen in the future.
然后rán hòu: Shows that an action or event happens next in a stated order.
之后zhī hòu: Refers to the time or action that follows a particular point or event.
过后guò hòu: Refers to a time after something has ended, usually with some time passing first.

Definition in Chinese

口语中作时间副词，表示以后或随后的一段时间，常放在动词前或句首，表示之后再做某事。kóu yǔ zhōng zuò shí jiān fù cí biǎo shì yǐ hòu huò suí hòu de yí duàn shí jiān cháng fàng zài dòng cí qián huò jù shǒu biǎo shì zhī hòu zài zuò mǒu shì

Word origin

后头 (hòutou, "behind or afterward") is built from 后 (hòu, "behind or after") and 头 (tou, "end or part"), presenting what follows as the section behind the current point.

Usage tips

  • The word often appears before a verb in conversation to leave an action for a later stage, a pattern that English usually expresses with a separate time phrase.

Other meanings

  • afterwardadverb
  • backnoun
  • from then onadverb

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