事後 [－后]

Jyutping si6 hau6
Pinyin shì hòu

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. after the event
  2. in hindsight
  3. in retrospect
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    某件事​發生​之​後
    after an event; afterwards; later
    • 事後丸
      事后丸
      morning-after pill
    • 事後煙
      事后烟
      si6 hau6 jin1
      cigarette after sex
    • 佢事後先發現俾人偷咗錢。
      佢事后先发现俾人偷咗钱。
      keoi5 si6 hau6 sin1 faat3 jin6 bei2 jan4 tau1 zo2 cin2.
      He only realized after the event that he'd been robbed.
  2. 反義詞
    事前
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv
    after the event; in hindsight; in retrospect
    (syn.) 過後, 过后
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 六级词汇表 #745
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    他跟一个去中国的同事后来把圣经中的新约翻译成中文。
    他跟一個去中國的同事後來把聖經中的新約翻譯成中文。
    tā gēn yí gè qù zhōng guó de tóng shì hòu lái bǎ shèng jīng zhòng dì xīn yuē fān yì chéng zhōng wén 。
    • He and a colleague who went to China later translated The New Testament into Chinese.
  2. Mandarin
    但是，当然啦，事后诸葛亮总是好当。
    但是，當然啦，事後諸葛亮總是好當。
    dàn shì ， dāng rán la ， shì hòu zhū gě liàng zǒng shì hǎo dāng 。
    • But, of course, hindsight is 20-20.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    阿强次次同女朋友完事之后就叫人哋食事后丸，点解唔一早戴套呢？
    阿強次次同女朋友完事之後就叫人哋食事後丸，點解唔一早戴套呢？
    aa3 koeng4 ci3 ci3 tung4 neoi5 pang4 jau5 jyun4 si6 zi1 hau6 zau6 giu3 jan4 dei6 sik6 si6 hau6 jyun2, dim2 gaai2 m4 jat1 zou2 daai3 tou3 ne1?
    • Ken always makes his girlfriend take a morning-after pill after they do it. I mean, why not just wear a condom to begin with?
  2. Cantonese
    巴士司机肇事后逃逸。
    巴士司機肇事後逃逸。
    baa1 si2 si1 gei1 siu6 si6 hau6 tou4 jat6.
    • The bus driver absconded after causing the car accident.
  3. Cantonese
    事后孔明
    事後孔明
    si6 hau6 hung2 ming4
    • with hindsight
  4. Cantonese
    佢事后去医院验伤，好彩冇大碍。
    佢事後去醫院驗傷，好彩冇大礙。
    keoi5 si6 hau6 heoi3 ji1 jyun2 jim6 soeng1, hou2 coi2 mou5 daai6 ngoi6.
    • Right after the incident, she went to hospital for wound inspection. Fortunately the wound was not severe.
  5. Cantonese
    初时唔为意找多咗，事后我特登去退返钱。
    初時唔為意找多咗，事後我特登去退返錢。
    co1 si4 m4 wai4 ji3 zaau2 do1 zo2, si6 hau6 ngo5 dak6 dang1 heoi3 teoi3 faan1 cin2.
    • I was initially unaware of the excess change, but later I went back to return the money.
Examples (None)
  1. Cantonese
    经过一连两天五十二场赛事后，草地饱受蹂躏。
    經過一連兩天五十二場賽事後，草地飽受蹂躪。
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    事前顾及事后的效果，当然可能发生错误，但是已经有了事实证明效果坏，还是照老样子做，这样的心也是好的吗？
    事前顧及事後的效果，當然可能發生錯誤，但是已經有了事實證明效果壞，還是照老樣子做，這樣的心也是好的嗎？
    shì qián gù jí shì hòu de xiào guǒ ， dāng rán kě néng fā shēng cuò wù ， dàn shì yǐ jīng yǒu le shì shí zhèng míng xiào guǒ huài ， hái shì zhào lǎo yàng zi zuò ， zhè yàng de xīn yě shì hǎo de ma ？
    • Of course, mistakes may occur even though the effect has been taken into account beforehand, but is the intention good when one continues in the same old rut after facts have proved that the effect is bad?