然后 - Mandarin word #135

然后

ránhòu

Traditional: 然後

HSK 2

#135 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

then, after that, afterwards

Stroke order

然

后

，。

Eat first, then go.

？

What happened next?

。

Then he left.

洗xǐ澡zǎo，。

I will shower first, then go to sleep.

，。

He thought for a moment, then nodded.

然后 (rán hòu) means then, after that, afterwards. It is used as a adverb in everyday Mandarin speech.

继续

to continue, to go on

开始

to begin, to start, beginning

先

first, in advance, earlier

一直

always, continuously, all along

最后

last, finally, in the end

Track this word in your spaced-repetition queue and be tested on it at the right interval.

This word is part of lesson 3.