随后 suíhòu soon after
How to remember 随后: 随 follow + 后 back = soon after.
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How it is used
- Soon after, thereupon - narrating a following event - 他随后赶到 (tā suíhòu gǎndào) he arrived shortly after; 随后我们讨论了细节 (suíhòu wǒmen tǎolùn le xìjié) afterwards we discussed the details.
- Written/narrative connector for 'right after that'. More formal than 然后 (ránhòu, and then).
Example sentences
- 很多人在随后的爆炸中死去。 Hěnduō rén zài suíhòu de bàozhà zhōng sǐqù.The explosion that followed killed many people.