后来

• 拼音: hòu lái
• 汉字拆解: 后 (hòu) — after, behind; 来 (lái) — to come

含义

Later; afterwards; subsequently. Indicates something that happened after a previously mentioned event.

Used to connect events in a narrative, showing chronological sequence. Always refers to past events — not used for future plans. Commonly placed at the beginning of a clause to transition to the next event in a story.

例句

1. 我们先去吃饭，后来又去看电影了。
2. 他开始不喜欢这里，后来慢慢习惯了。
3. 后来她告诉我事情的原因。

用法指南

语境: storytelling, narration, everyday

语气: narrative

正确说法

• 后来我们成了好朋友。(Later we became good friends.)
• 他先去了北京，后来又去了上海。(He went to Beijing first, then later went to Shanghai.)

错误说法

• 不要用后来说将来的事，比如'后来我明天去' (Don't use 后来 for future events — use 然后 or 以后 instead; 后来 only refers to the past)

起源与历史

Compound of 后 (after, behind) and 来 (to come). Together they express the idea of what came after.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal