si6 hau6事後事后
Jyutpingsi6 hau6
Yalesih hauh
Definition
After an event; afterwards; later.
colloquialtimedaily actions
How it's used
Focuses on the temporal sequence following a specific, often significant, incident. It frequently appears in contexts involving reflection, evaluation, or consequences of an action that has already concluded. Unlike the more general later, this term carries a sense of looking back at a completed event.
Examples
Once the matter is settled, I will tell you about it afterwards.
Have you ever regretted it afterwards?
Related words
Common mistake
Avoid using this as a direct translation for later in a general sense, such as meeting up later, as it specifically implies the aftermath of a completed event rather than just a future point in time.
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Grammar guides
- QuestionsFrom yes or no questions to asking who, what, where, and when. The patterns you need to ask questions naturally in Cantonese.
- ClassifiersCantonese puts a classifier between a number and a noun, and a bare classifier on its own can mean the. Learn the common ones and how to use them.
- ComparisonsHow to say bigger than, the most, the same as, and not as good as. Cantonese uses 過 where Mandarin uses 比, and that catches a lot of learners out.
