VocabularyHSK 5 · core

今后

jīnhòu

from now on, henceforth

Part of speech · noun

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Examples

今后我会更加努力。
From now on I will work even harder.
今后的路还很长。
The road ahead is still long.

Collocations

今后的从今以后今后要今后努力

Mnemonic

今 jīn "now" + 后 hòu "after": after now, i.e. from now on, henceforth, in the future. 今后要努力 = from now on, must work hard. Related to 从此, but 今后 is "the future after now". Opposite of 当初 (at the outset).

以后将来从此当初

Quick check

Which word marks the opposite time-point from 今后?