Chinese word

随后

Pronunciation

Pinyinsuí hòu

Meaning

  • adverbafterward

Example

他随后离开了办公室。tā suí hòu lí kāi le bàn gōng shì

He left the office afterward.

Illustration for 随后 (afterward)

More examples

事故发生后，救援人员随后到达了现场。shì gù fā shēng hòu jiù yuán rén yuán suí hòu dào dá le xiàn chǎng

After the accident, the rescue workers then arrived at the scene.

Core concept

A second event arrives on the same timeline soon after the first.

Common phrases

  • 随后发生suí hòu fā shēng

    happen afterward

  • 随后出现suí hòu chū xiàn

    show up afterward

  • 随后到达suí hòu dào dá

    arrive afterward

Similar words

然后rán hòu: Marks the next event or step in a sequence, commonly in spoken language.
之后zhī hòu: Refers to a time or period after an event without saying that it is immediate.
紧接着jǐn jiē zhe: Shows that one event follows another immediately.
接着jiē zhe: Shows that another event follows as a sequence continues, often in spoken language.

Definition in Chinese

表示在某一事情发生之后紧接着发生另一事情的时间副词，常用于书面或叙述文中。biǎo shì zài mǒu yí shì qíng fā shēng zhī hòu jǐn jiē zhe fā shēng lìng yí shì qíng de shí jiān fù cí cháng yòng yú shū miàn huò xù shù wén zhōng

Word origin

随 (suí, "follow") + 后 (hòu, "after") combines the ideas of following and what comes later, giving a time adverb for an event that comes closely after another.

Usage tips

  • Compared with more casual sequence markers, this word is especially natural in reports and written narratives, where it keeps the order of events compact.

Other meanings

  • soon afterwardadverb
  • immediately afterwardadverb

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