而后 érhòu then Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 而 ér particleconjunction [resultative linker] Used in certain constructions to indicate that the second action or state follows immediately from or is the result of the first, as in 一 yī...ér...后 後 hòu locativepreposition after (bound form) later in time; afterwards; future; subsequent in a sequence