以后

• 拼音: yǐ hòu
• 汉字拆解: 以 = ancient character meaning 'to use/by means of'; 后 = simplified form, meaning 'after/behind'

含义

After; afterwards; later; in the future. Refers to a time following a given point.

Can mean 'after' a specific event (e.g., 下课以后 — after class) or 'in the future' in a general sense (e.g., 以后我要学中文 — in the future I want to learn Chinese). Placed after a time point or event to mean 'after that.'

例句

1. 下课以后我们一起去吃饭吧。
2. 以后有时间再来玩。
3. 毕业以后他打算去上海工作。

用法指南

语境: everyday, conversation, planning

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 吃饭以后去散步。(Let's go for a walk after eating.)
• 以后我想去中国旅游。(In the future, I want to travel to China.)

错误说法

• 我昨天以后去了商店。(Don't use 以后 to mean 'after' in past sequences like this — use 之后 or restructure the sentence.)

起源与历史

Compound of 以 (by means of/using) and 后 (after/behind), literally 'from after,' i.e. from a point onward.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal