名词"后"

HSK 1Lesson 14

The Noun "后" (after, later)

结构Pattern

Time / Event	后	Subject + Verb
10分钟	后	我回来
吃饭	后	我们去商店
三天	后	他开车去北京

解释Explanation

"后"放在表示时间或事情的词语后面，意思是"在这个时间或这件事以后"。"时间/事情 + 后"一般放在主语前面或主语后面、动词前面。

"后" goes AFTER a time word or an event and means "after that / later": 10分钟后 (in ten minutes), 吃饭后 (after eating). Note the word order is the opposite of English: the time comes first, 后 comes last. The whole phrase sits before the verb, either before or after the subject.

例句Examples

20分钟后我开车去商店。
Èrshí fēnzhōng hòu wǒ kāi chē qù shāngdiàn.
In 20 minutes I'll drive to the shops.
吃饭后，我们去看电影吧。
Chī fàn hòu, wǒmen qù kàn diànyǐng ba.
Let's go and see a film after we eat.
他三天后回来。
Tā sān tiān hòu huílai.
He'll come back in three days.
下午五点后我在家。
Xiàwǔ wǔ diǎn hòu wǒ zài jiā.
I'm at home after five in the afternoon.

练习Practice

Tap chips to arrange them into a correct sentence. Translation: He'll come back in three days.

Arrange the sentence0/4

(all chips placed — tap one in the answer to take it back)