了後

Chinese

		to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)	back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
trad. (了後)		了	後
simp. (了后)		了	后

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liáu-āu / liáu-ǎu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-āu
    • Tâi-lô: liáu-āu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liawau
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ au³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Singapore): /liau⁴²⁻²⁴ au²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /liau⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ au³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /liau⁵³⁻⁴⁴ au²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liáu-ǎu
    • Tâi-lô: liáu-ǎu
    • Sinological IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /liau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ au³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /liau⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ au²²/

Conjunction

了後

1. (Southern Min) then; after that; afterwards

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 然後 (“then (conjunction)”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		然後
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	然後
	Malaysia	然後
	Singapore	然後
Cantonese	Hong Kong	之後, 然之後, 跟住
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	之後, 過後
Southern Min	Penang (Hokkien)	了
	Klang (Hokkien)	過後
	Manila (Hokkien)	了, 了後, 然後, 紲落去