Usage note
此后表示从这以后。
cǐ hòu biǎo shì cóng zhè yǐ hòu。
此后 means from this time onward.
Context note
此后常用于时间顺序和叙述。
cǐ hòu cháng yòng yú shí jiān shùn xù hé xù shù。
It is often used in time order and narration.
5 examples
此后他努力学习。
cǐ hòu tā nǔ lì xué xí。
After that, he studied hard.
此后天气变好了。
cǐ hòu tiān qì biàn hǎo le。
After that, the weather got better.
此后我们再也没见过。
cǐ hòu wǒ men zài yě méi jiàn guò。
After that, we never met again.
活动结束，此后大家自由活动。
huó dòng jié shù， cǐ hòu dà jiā zì yóu huó dòng。
The event ended, and after that everyone moved freely.
此后的一切都变了。
cǐ hòu de yí qiè dōu biàn le。
Everything after that changed.
5 mini stories
他离开后，此后很少回来。
tā lí kāi hòu， cǐ hòu hěn shǎo huí lái。
After he left, he rarely came back after that.
此后，学校开始新的安排。
cǐ hòu， xué xiào kāi shǐ xīn de ān pái。
After that, the school started a new arrangement.
比赛结束，此后大家一起吃饭。
bǐ sài jié shù， cǐ hòu dà jiā yì qǐ chī fàn。
After the game, everyone ate together.
她从此后更加认真。
tā cóng cǐ hòu gèng jiā rèn zhēn。
From then on, she became more serious.
此后发生的事大家都记得。
cǐ hòu fā shēng de shì dà jiā dōu jì de。
Everyone remembers what happened after that.
Mini dialogue
放学后
A
今天作业写完了，此后我们可以去公园玩吗？
Jīntiān zuòyè xiě wán le, cǐhòu wǒmen kěyǐ qù gōngyuán wán ma?
I finished today's homework. Can we go play in the park thereafter?
B
好的，此后我们一起去吧。
Hǎo de, cǐhòu wǒmen yīqǐ qù ba.
Okay, let's go together thereafter.
学习计划
A
我先读课文，此后复习生词。
Wǒ xiān dú kèwén, cǐhòu fùxí shēngcí.
I'll read the text first, and thereafter review the new words.
B
好主意，此后我也这样做。
Hǎo zhǔyì, cǐhòu wǒ yě zhèyàng zuò.
Good idea, I'll do the same thereafter.
Related words and contrasts
similar
后来
hòulái
later on
Used for events happening after a past point.
similar
然后
ránhòu
then
Common in sequences of actions.
opposite
之前
zhīqián
before
Refers to a time earlier than a reference point.