Read Edit View history 而后 érhòu then Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 而后 而後 érhòu then conjunction used to connect clauses or phrases to indicate that one action follows another; equivalent to 然后 ránhòu 我沉默了数秒，而后深深吸了一口气。 wǒ chénmò le shù miǎo, érhòu shēnshēn xī le yìkǒuqì. I stayed silent for a few seconds, and then I took a deep breath. afterwards from then on; henceforth; equivalent to 以后 yǐhòu Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 1.04 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 11.5 per million Cross-References Same as 然后 ránhòu以后 yǐhòu Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
而后 而後 érhòu then conjunction used to connect clauses or phrases to indicate that one action follows another; equivalent to 然后 ránhòu 我沉默了数秒，而后深深吸了一口气。 wǒ chénmò le shù miǎo, érhòu shēnshēn xī le yìkǒuqì. I stayed silent for a few seconds, and then I took a deep breath. afterwards from then on; henceforth; equivalent to 以后 yǐhòu Show rare definitions Hide rare definitions Frequency Movie subtitles 1.04 per million appears in 1% of films Written text 11.5 per million Cross-References Same as 然后 ránhòu以后 yǐhòu Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)