稍后 meaning in English

shāohòu

in a little while; shortly after

HSK 7-9adverbTraditional 稍後18 strokes

Meaning of 稍后

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

shāohòu
  1. in a little while; shortly after

稍后 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

请qǐng您nín稍shāo后hòu再zài来lái好hǎo吗ma?
Would you please come again later?
请qǐng稍shāo后hòu再zài试shì一yī次cì。
Please try again later.
我wǒ稍shāo后hòu会huì打dǎ给gěi你nǐ。
I'll call you later.
她tā告gào诉sù我wǒ说shuō稍shāo后hòu会huì打dǎ给gěi你nǐ。
She told me she'd call you later.
他tā要yāo求qiú她tā稍shāo后hòu打dǎ电diàn话huà给gěi他tā。
He asked her to call him later.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

稍 shāo · somewhat · 12 strokes

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后 hòu · back · 6 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 稍后.

最后zuìhòufinal; last; ultimate; finally; in the end
后天hòutiānthe day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experie
后边hòubianthe back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back
然后ránhòuthen; after that; afterwards
以后yǐhòuafter; later
后来hòuláiafterwards; later; newly arrived
今后jīnhòuhereafter; henceforth
后面hòumiànthe back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back
背后bèihòubehind; at the back
后果hòuguǒconsequences; aftermath
落后luòhòuto fall behind; to lag (in technology etc)
前后qiánhòuaround; from beginning to end

Questions about 稍后

What does 稍后 mean?

稍后 (shāohòu) means "in a little while; shortly after" and is used as a adverb.

How do you write 稍后?

稍后 is made of 2 characters: 稍 (12 strokes), 后 (6 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.

Is 稍后 an HSK word?

Yes. 稍后 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 稍后 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 稍后 is written 稍後.