# 后来 (hòulái)

In Mandarin Chinese, 后来 (hòulái) means “afterwards; later”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: afterwards; later
- Pinyin: hòulái (hou4 lai2)
- Traditional: 後來
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2
- HSK 2.0 · Level 3

## Examples

- 后来他去北京工作了。
  Hòulái tā qù Běijīng gōngzuò le.
  Later, he went to work in Beijing.

## Characters

- [后](https://hanziro.com/word/hou-after/) (hòu): after; behind
- [来](https://hanziro.com/word/lai-come/) (lái): to come

https://hanziro.com/word/hou-lai-afterwards/

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