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  <p>If you are trying to explain what you did after a certain event, you might want to use "<span class="hanzi">以后</span>" (<span class="pinyin">yǐhòu</span>) or "<span class="hanzi">之后</span>" (<span class="pinyin">zhīhòu</span>). After all, they do both mean "<b>after</b>," right? Well, it turns out that there are a few rules that you need to be aware of before you use them.</p>

  <h2 id="similarity">Similarity</h2>

  <p>Both indicates another event happened after a special time. these two words share a structure, so it is easy to see how they would be easily confused. Here's the structure:</p>

  <h2>Contents</h2>

  <ol>
    <li>Structure<br/></li>

    <li>Examples<br/></li>

    <li>See also<br/></li>

    <li>Sources and further reading<br/></li>

    <ol>
      <li>Books<br/></li>
    </ol>
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  <h3 id="structure">Structure</h3>

  <div>
    <div class="deux">
      Subj. + Special Time + <span class="hanzist">以后／之后</span> + Action
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  </div>

  <p>In situations where you have already done something and then after that you did something else, you can use "<span class="hanzi">以后</span>." The stipulation with this is that the time has to be explicitly said. That is, there has to be a time for "<span class="hanzi">以后</span>" to modify. Otherwise the sentence won't make sense.</p>

  <h3 id="examples">Examples</h3>

  <div class="exemple">
    <ul>
      <li><span class="hanzi">下 过 雨 以后/ 之后 空气 会 好 很 多 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Xià guo yǔ yǐhòu / zhīhòu kōngqì huì hǎo hěn duō.</span><br/><span> After it rains, the air will be a lot better.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">结婚 以后/ 之后他们 有 了 两 个 宝宝 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Jiéhūn yǐhòu / zhīhòu tāmen yǒu le liǎng gè bǎobǎo.</span><br/><span> After getting married, they had two babies.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">等 我 涨 工资 以后/ 之后请 你 吃饭 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Děng wǒ zhǎng gōngzī yǐhòu / zhīhòu qǐng nǐ chīfàn.</span><br/><span> After I get a raise, I will treat you to a meal.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">听到 这 个 消息 以后/ 之后 ，我 高兴 得 一 晚 上 没 睡 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Tīngdào zhè gè xiāoxi yǐhòu / zhīhòu, wǒ gāoxìng de yī wǎn shàng méi shuì.</span><br/><span> After I heard this news, I was so happy I couldn't sleep the whole night.</span></li>
    </ul>
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  <h2 id="differences">Differences</h2>

  <p>Now you might be thinking, "But <a href="After_a_specific_time" title="wikilink">'以后' means afterwards</a>, why doesn't that work?" In this case, "<span class="hanzi">以后</span>" is just used to talk about <a href="In_the_future_in_general" title="wikilink">the future in general</a>. The meaning that you're probably thinking of comes from the first structure above.</p>

  <h3 id="以后">以后</h3>

  <h4 id="structure-1">Structure</h4>

  <div>
    <div class="deux">
      <span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 80); font-family: NotoSansCJKsc; font-size: 30px;">以后，</span>Comment
    </div>
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  <h4 id="examples-1">Examples</h4>

  <div class="exemple">
    <ul>
      <li><span class="hanzi">以后 再 也 不 来 这里 吃饭 了 ， 又 贵 又 难吃 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Yǐhòu zài yě bù lái zhèlǐ chīfàn le, yòu guì yòu nánchī.</span><br/><span> In the future I will never come to this place to eat again. It's expensive and the food is not good.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">以后 我 可能 会 去 国外 上 大学 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Yǐhòu wǒ kěnéng huì qù guówài shàng dàxué.</span><br/><span> In the future I might go to college abroad.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">以后 的 事情 以后 再 说 吧 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Yǐhòu de shìqing yǐhòu zài shuō bā.</span><br/><span> We'll talk about future things some time later.</span></li>
    </ul>
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  <h3 id="之后"><span class="hanzist">之后</span><br/></h3>

  <p>Compared to "<span class="hanzi">以后,</span>" "<span class="hanzi">之后</span>" is a little more free. Not only can it happen in the same place, <a href="Before_and_after_with_&quot;zhiqian&quot;_and_&quot;zhihou&quot;" title="wikilink">modifying the time</a>, but it can also appear just on its own, meaning something along the lines of "<b>then</b>." While "<span class="hanzi">以后</span>" is dependent on the time, "<span class="hanzi">之后</span>" can stand by itself.</p>

  <h4 id="structure-2">Structure</h4>

  <p>There is another structure that only works with "<span class="hanzi">之后</span>":</p>

  <div>
    <div class="deux">
      Subj. + Event<span class="hanzist">， 之后</span> + Action
    </div>
  </div>

  <h4 id="examples-2">Examples</h4>

  <div class="exemple">
    <ul>
      <li><span class="hanzi">我 要 先 回家 把 东西 放 下 ， 之后 去 咖啡店 找 你 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Wǒ yào xiān huí jiā bǎ dōngxi fàng xià, zhīhòu qù kāfēidiàn zhǎo nǐ.</span><br/><span> I'm going to go home and drop my stuff off first, then go to the cafe to look for you.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">去年 夏天 他 来 过 我 家 ， 之后 再 也 没 见 到 他 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Qùnián xiàtiān tā lái guò wǒ jiā, zhīhòu zài yě méi jiàn dào tā.</span><br/><span> Last summer, he came to my house. After that, I haven't seen him.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">房子 涨价 之后 ， 越 来 越 多 的 人 开始 买 房 。</span> <span class="pinyin">Fángzi zhǎngjià zhīhòu, Yuè lái Yuè duō de rén kāishǐ mǎi Fáng.</span><br/><span> After prices went up, more and more people started buying houses.</span></li>
    </ul>
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  <h2 id="right-or-wrong">Right or Wrong</h2>

  <h4 id="examples-3">Examples</h4>

  <div class="exemple">
    <ul>
      <li><span class="vert"><span class="hanzi">我 六 点 下班，以后，我 去 跟 朋友 吃饭。</span>Since there is nothing that "以后" modifies, this sentence doesn't work.</span></li>

      <li><span class="vert"><span class="hanzi">我 六 点 下班，之后，我 去 跟 朋友 吃饭。</span> "之后" works in this sentence.</span><span class="pinyin"> Wǒ liù diǎn xiàbān, zhīhòu, wǒ qù gēn péngyou chīfàn.</span><br/><span> I will get off work at six o'clock, and after that I will meet with a friend to eat dinner.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">昨天 我 跟 朋友 吃 完 饭以后去 了 酒吧。</span><span class="pinyin"> Zuótiān wǒ gēn péngyou chī wán fàn yǐhòu qù le jiǔbā.</span><br/><span> Yesterday, when my friends and I were done eating, we went to the bar.</span></li>

      <li><span class="vert"><span class="hanzi">昨天 我 跟 朋友 去 吃饭 了，以后，我们 去 酒吧。</span> Again, since there is nothing for "以后" to modify, it's a bad sentence.</span></li>

      <li><span class="hanzi">昨天 我 跟 朋友 去 吃饭 了，之后，我们 去 了 酒吧。</span> <span class="pinyin">Zuótiān wǒ gēn péngyou qù chīfàn le, zhīhòu, wǒmen qù le jiǔbā.</span><span class="vert"> "之后" works in this sentence.</span><br/><span> Yesterday I ate dinner with a friend, and afterward we went to a bar.</span></li>
    </ul>
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  <h2 id="see-also">See Also</h2>

  <ul>
    <li><a href="After_a_specific_time" title="wikilink">After a specific time</a></li>

    <li><a href="In_the_future_in_general" title="wikilink">In the future in general</a></li>

    <li><a href="Before_and_after_with_&quot;zhiqian&quot;_and_&quot;zhihou&quot;" title="wikilink">Before and after with "zhiqian" and "zhihou"</a></li>

    <li><a href="Comparing_&quot;yihou&quot;_and_&quot;houlai&quot;" title="wikilink">Comparing "yihou" and "houlai"</a></li>
  </ul>

  <h2 id="sources-and-further-reading">Sources and Further Reading</h2>

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