# 先后 (xiānhòu)

In Mandarin Chinese, 先后 (xiānhòu) means “one after another; in turn”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: one after another; in turn
- Pinyin: xiānhòu (xian1 hou4)
- Traditional: 先後
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 学生们先后进入教室。
  Xuéshēngmen xiānhòu jìnrù jiàoshì.
  The students entered the classroom one after another.

## Characters

- [先](https://hanziro.com/word/xian-first/) (xiān): first; beforehand
- [后](https://hanziro.com/word/hou-after/) (hòu): after; behind

https://hanziro.com/word/xian-hou-one-after-another/

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