然後

See also: 然后

Chinese

		so; thus; like this so; thus; like this; ‑ly; correct; right	back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
trad. (然後)		然	後
simp. (然后)		然	后

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ránhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄢˊ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jin⁴ hau⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): yèn-heu / yàn-heu

  (Meixian, Guangdong): yan² hêu⁴

• Eastern Min (BUC): iòng-âu
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): jiân-āu / liân-āu / liân-ǎu / liân-hiǒ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): riêng⁵ ao⁶ / riang⁵ ao⁶

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶zoe-gheu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ránhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄢˊ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ránhòu
    • Wade–Giles: jan²-hou⁴
    • Yale: rán-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ranhow
    • Palladius: жаньхоу (žanʹxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐän³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jin⁴ hau⁶
    • Yale: yìhn hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jin⁴ hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yin⁴ heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːn²¹ hɐu̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 延後／延后 然後／然后

• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yèn-heu
    • Hakka Romanization System: ienˇ heu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan² heu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /i̯en¹¹ heu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yàn-heu
    • Hakka Romanization System: (r)ianˇ heu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: yan² heu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯an¹¹ heu̯⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: yan² hêu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ian¹¹ heu⁵³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: iòng-âu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /yoŋ⁵³⁻²¹ ^(Ø-)ŋɑu²⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jiân-āu
    • Tâi-lô: jiân-āu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jien'au
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziɛn²³⁻³³ au³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziɛn¹³⁻²² au²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân-āu
    • Tâi-lô: liân-āu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lien'au
    • IPA (Taipei): /liɛn²⁴⁻¹¹ au³³/
    • IPA (Singapore): /liɛn²⁴⁻²¹ au²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² au²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân-ǎu
    • Tâi-lô: liân-ǎu
    • IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² au³³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² au²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liân-hiǒ
    • Tâi-lô: liân-hiǒ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liɛn²⁴⁻²² hio²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: riêng⁵ ao⁶ / riang⁵ ao⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jiêng ău / jiâng ău
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡zieŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ au³⁵/, /d͡ziaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ au³⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶zoe-gheu
    • MiniDict: zoe^去 gheu
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³zoe-hheu
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zø²² ɦɤ⁴⁴/

Conjunction

然後

1. then; after that; afterwards; and

   你只需要先投資50塊，然後很快就可以回本了。 [MSC, trad.]
   你只需要先投资50块，然后很快就可以回本了。 [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ zhǐ xūyào xiān tóuzī wǔshí kuài, ránhòu hěn kuài jiù kěyǐ huíběn le. [Pinyin]

   You only need an initial investment of 50 dollars, and you can get that back very quickly.

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 然之後／然之后 (jin4 zi1 hau6)
• (Hokkien) 了後／了后 (liáu-āu)

Derived terms

• 然後呢／然后呢 (ránhòu ne)

 

Related terms

• 後來／后来 (hòulái)
• 以後／以后 (yǐhòu)