既而 jì'ér soon after Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 既 jì soon after (literary) shortly; soon after; then; later on而 ér conjunctionparticle [suffix] (bound form) Suffix used to form certain conjunctions or adverbs, such as in 然而 rán'ér or 因而 yīn'ér.