afterward in Mandarin

You can remember the meaning of 之后 with this easy mnemonic:

Before a party, John's Jeep had a flat tire but it was a waste of (之) time to fix it. He decided to fix it afterward, leaving it behind (后) and got a ride with his friend.

Using mnemonics to remember the meaning of Chinese characters like can have an enormous impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

• 后
• 之

• 后备
• 后果
• 之间
• 后退
• 背后
• 以后
• 之一
• 之类
• 稍后
• 最后
• 之前
• 然后
• 后来
• 之下
• 之中
• 后悔

The reading of 之后 is zhī hòu.

You can remember how to say 之后 with this useful mnemonic:

When they arrived at the party they witnessed a couple fighting, calling each jerk (zhī) and whore (hòu). After that incident, the couple got asked to leave.

Using mnemonics to remember the reading of Chinese vocabulary like has a huge impact on how long to learn Mandarin it takes.

Learning vocabulary like afterward and the rest of the Mandarin written language can take as little as one year, or as long as a lifetime. Our Mandarin language learners find that using helpful mnemonics can aid retention of Chinese Mandarin vocabulary and characters.

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