爾後

Chinese

		thus; so; like that thus; so; like that; you; thou	back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
trad. (爾後)		爾	後
simp. (尔后)		尔	后

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ěrhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˇ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁵ hau⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ěrhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˇ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ěrhòu
    • Wade–Giles: êrh³-hou⁴
    • Yale: ěr-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: eelhow
    • Palladius: эрхоу (erxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji⁵ hau⁶
    • Yale: yíh hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁵ hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁵ heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː¹³ hɐu̯²²/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 以後／以后 爾後／尔后

Conjunction

爾後

1. (literary) henceforth; thereafter; from now on

   • 許多自然科學理論之所以被稱為真理，不但在於自然科學家們創立這些學說的時候，而且在於為爾後的科學實踐所證實的時候。 [MSC, trad.]
     许多自然科学理论之所以被称为真理，不但在于自然科学家们创立这些学说的时候，而且在于为尔后的科学实践所证实的时候。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1937, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《實踐論》 (On Practice), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Xǔduō zìrán kēxué lǐlùn zhīsuǒyǐ bèi chēngwéi zhēnlǐ, bùdàn zàiyú zìrán kēxuéjiāmen chuànglì zhèxiē xuéshuō de shíhou, érqiě zàiyú wéi ěrhòu de kēxué shíjiàn suǒ zhèngshí de shíhou. [Pinyin]

     Many theories of natural science are held to be true not only because they were so considered when natural scientists originated them, but because they have been verified in subsequent scientific practice.

Synonyms

• 今後／今后 (jīnhòu)
• 以後／以后 (yǐhòu)
• 嗣後／嗣后 (sìhòu) (literary)
• 往後／往后 (wǎnghòu)
• 從今以後／从今以后 (cóngjīn yǐhòu)
• 從今往後／从今往后 (cóngjīn wǎnghòu)
• 從此／从此 (cóngcǐ)
• 從此以後／从此以后 (cóngcǐ yǐhòu)
• 從這起／从这起 (Xiamen Hokkien)
• 從際起／从际起 (Quanzhou Hokkien)
• 日後／日后 (rìhòu)
• 此後／此后 (cǐhòu)
• 自今 (zìjīn) (literary)
• 自後／自后 (zìhòu) (Classical Chinese)
• 自此 (zìcǐ)
• 自茲／自兹 (zìzī) (literary)
• 趕後兒／赶后儿 (gǎnhòur) (Beijing Mandarin)
• 過後兒／过后儿 (guòhòur) (Beijing Mandarin)

 

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
爾	後
じ Jinmeiyō	ご Grade: 2
on’yomi

From ji (爾, that) + go (後, after, later).

Noun

爾(じ)後(ご) • (jigo) 

1. from this (that) time onward, henceforth, thereafter