然后

然后 ránhòu in a sentence

Then (afterwards)

Full dictionary entry HSK 3 8 sentences

然后 (ránhòu) means Then (afterwards). Below are 8 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.

Dictionary examples

我先做作业, 然后 看电视。

Wǒ xiān zuò zuòyè, ránhòu kàn diànshì.

I do my homework first, then watch TV.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 然后

我们先吃饭, 然后 去公园。

Wǒmen xiān chī fàn, ránhòu qù gōngyuán.

Let's eat first, then go to the park.

Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 然后

From the graded readers

然后 它摇起了尾巴。

ránhòu tā yáo qǐle wěiba.

Then it began to wag its tail.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · Going Back Home

我跟他说了再见, 然后 走出了车站。

wǒ gēn tā shuōle zàijiàn, ránhòu zǒu chūle chēzhàn.

I said goodbye to him and walked out of the station.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · The Train to Shanghai

然后 ,太阳慢慢地出来了,山上的风景美极了。

ránhòu, tàiyáng mànmàn dì / de chūlai le / liǎo / liào, shānshàng de / dì fēngjǐng měi jí le / liǎo / liào.

Then the sun came up slowly, and the view was stunning.

Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Trip With Friends

她看了很久, 然后 一个一个地告诉我他们是谁。

tā kànle hěn jiǔ, ránhòu yīgè yīgè dì / de gàosu wǒ tāmen shì shéi.

She looked at it for a long time, then told me one by one who they were.

Graded reader · HSK 4 · An Old Photograph

我想了几秒钟, 然后 老老实实地说:“我做事太慢,因为我怕做错。”

wǒ xiǎng le / liǎo / liào jǐ / jī miǎo zhōng, ránhòu lǎo lǎoshí shí dì / de shuō:" wǒ zuòshì tài màn, yīnwèi wǒ pà zuòcuò."

I thought for a few seconds and then said honestly, "I work too slowly, because I'm afraid of making mistakes."

Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview

然后 我做了一件我自己都没想到的事:我笑着说,“对不起,我太紧张了,我们重新开始。”

ránhòu wǒ zuòle yíjiàn wǒ zìjǐ dōu méi xiǎngdào de / dì shì: wǒ xiào zhāo / zhaó / zhe / zhù / zhuó shuō," duìbuqǐ, wǒ tài jǐnzhāng le / liǎo / liào, wǒmen chóngxīn kāishǐ."

Then I did something I hadn't expected of myself: I smiled and said, "Sorry, I'm too nervous — let's start again."

Graded reader · HSK 4 · My First Speech

Questions about 然后

How is 然后 used in a sentence?

This page shows 8 sentences using 然后 (ránhòu, "Then (afterwards)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.

Are these sentences machine generated?

No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.

Is 然后 an HSK word?

Yes — 然后 is on the official HSK 3 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 3 page.

Where can I see the full entry for 然后?

The dictionary page for 然后 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.

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