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其后 (qí hòu) — after that; thereafter; subsequently

Definition

Literary written-Chinese connector meaning 'after that, thereafter' — the formal counterpart to the everyday 之后. Use it in narrative or formal writing to link sequential events.

noun
after thatthereaftersubsequently

Examples

  • ，其后。
    Tā xiān qù le běi jīng, qí hòu yòu qù le shàng hǎi.
    He first went to Beijing, and after that he went to Shanghai.
  • ，其后。
    Bì yè hòu, qí hòu tā yì zhí zài guó wài gōng zuò.
    After graduation, he has been working abroad ever since.
  • ，其后。
    Zhè jiàn shì fā shēng zhī hòu, qí hòu de qíng kuàng jiù biàn le.
    After this incident happened, the situation afterward changed.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

其qíthat
后hòuafter

其 points to 'that', and 后 means 'after', giving 'after that'.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The modern form 其 comes from an early drawing of a basket, with a stand added underneath.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 後; 后 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 後 showed 夊 (foot) bound by 幺 (thread), a foot caught by a rope and lagging behind; the simplified 后 is a later abbreviation, and 后 also has a different meaning.

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