mandarin - What's the difference between 后 and 以后? - Chinese …
2017年11月28日 · 后(after,behind), a single character, connotes time or position according to the context. When it refers to time sequencing, it's the same as 以后. It's like in your examples: 吃饭（以）后, 15分钟(以)后. But in 身后，房后 and etc, you can not replace 后 with 以后， because it stands for the location.
What is the difference in usage between 以后 and 之后？
2006年3月20日 · 之后 means after that (something said earlier) which requires a context as the reference point of time.以后 can be used with or without context.
history - What are the oracle-bone characters for 后 and 司 which …
2022年7月15日 · The inscription was originally read as sīmǔwù (司母戊), but since the 1970s scholars have reached the consensus that the first character should be read as hou (后), meaning queen, which is the mirror-image of si (司) in oracle bone script.
I am confused by how time is discussed in Chinese,
“前” means "near the beginning" and “后” means "near the end". If we consider events happen as a queue, it is obvious that “前” means "earlier in time". We can also consider the history as a book that tells the story in chronological order, and earlier events also appear in …
simplified characters - What is the meaning of 后 in ~分钟后?
2019年9月9日 · The full form of ~分钟前 / 内 / 后 is ~分钟之前 / 内 / 后, the character 之 is omitted in modern Chinese. The character 之 likes the word of in English, but the order of the two parts on both side is opposite, also it likes 's in English, the same order as that in Chinese, for example: 中国之地图 (or 中国地图) means a map ...
How to say "After +Verb" in Chinese?
2015年1月3日 · But, there is difference between After and 后. Chinese will add another word to explain the time accurately, for example , the 就 shows I will do it immediately after that.In some case , cause 就 explain the causation between two things, so the 后 can be omitted, just like the first translated sentence.
terminology - How do you translate “复盘”？ - Chinese Language …
2020年8月9日 · In the board game of 围棋 (Go), many players tend to analyse skills and techniques used in a game right after they have completed it. This review is known as 复盘 in Chinese. Is there a specific term in
Is any simplified character also a traditional character?
2014年7月14日 · Apart from simplified characters that merge two traditional characters into one, as already pointed out (and there are quite a few of these -- 後 and 后 merged into 后 is one example, 裏, 里 and 裡 merged into 里 is another, 鵰 and 雕 merged as 雕 is another), I couldn't offhand think of any cases where a simplified character has the same form as a completely …
meaning - 之后 vs 过后 usage & differences - Chinese Language …
2019年5月13日 · 紧急情况过后的评价.连雨天过后出现了晴天.where 过 functions as experienced action marker,1) completion of an action 2) that an action has taken place, but does not continue up to the present, and 后 as postposition corresponding to English preposition,
meaning in context - What does 再 mean if it's added after 后?
I wanted to chat my friend with "Let's chat together when (after) you are home!". First, I wrote this sentence : "你回家后咱们一起聊聊吧～" // But then ...