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以后 (after / in the future)
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After graduation
- A friend in her final year asks what you plan to do once you finish university.
- 大学毕业after以后，I我want / think / miss想go to去abroad国外to work工作。 — "After I graduate, I want to work abroad."
Time / Verb phrase + after以后
- X + after以后 = "after X": class ends下课after以后, 吃了饭after以后, 三天after以后.
- Like before以前, it follows what it refers to, and the phrase comes before the main verb.
class ends下课after以后，we我们go to去the canteen食堂吧。
Complete: “Call me after you arrive.” 你到了____给我打电话。
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Event + 以后 = after that event.
Build: “After I graduate from university, I want to work abroad.”
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Event + 以后, then the main clause.
after以后 alone: from now on, in the future
- At the start of a sentence, after以后 = "in the future, from now on": after以后I我not不be late迟到(completed / change)了。 — "I won't be late again from now on."
- after以后 here refers to time after now, not after a past event.
from now on以后I我not不be late迟到了。
What does 以后我会早点儿睡 mean?
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以后 alone at the start refers to the future.
After what?
- Put after以后 after the event: to have a meal吃饭after以后, not after以后to have a meal吃饭 (which would mean "eat in the future").
- For the next step in a past story, prefer afterwards后来 or then / after然后, not a bare after以后: I我early先go to去(completed / change)了bank银行，then / after然后go to去(completed / change)了supermarket (abbr. for 超级市场)超市.
以后吃饭 means “after eating”.
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After eating is 吃饭以后; 以后吃饭 means “eat in the future”.
after以后 versus back后
- back后 is the shorter form in fixed phrases: 饭后, 三天back后, graduation毕业back后.
- after以后 is more common in speech and after longer clauses: you你arrive到(completed / change)了after以后to给I我to make a telephone call打电话。
you你arrive到了after以后to给me我make打a call电话。
Recap
- X + after以后 = after X; after以后，… alone = in the future, from now on.
- For "and then" in a past story, use then / after然后 or afterwards后来.
Read the full reference: HSK 3 grammar — Nouns.
A friend in her final year asks what you plan to do once you finish university. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
This is supported productive practice. Compare meaning and structure; your answer need not copy the model. A partner or teacher must hear the spoken response to comment on pronunciation.