In the future in general with "yihou"

Structure

To talk about things happening at some unspecified time in the future, you can use 以后 (yǐ hòu). The structure is:

以后， + Subject + Verb + Object

This can be used to talk about actions in the future, or to talk about events that happened after other events in a story.

• 以后，我 会 中文。
• 以后，我 会 喝 啤酒。
• 以后，我 会 高兴。

See also

• "Before" in general
• After a specific time
• Before and After with "zhiqian" and "zhihou"
• Sequencing Past Events with "houlai"

Sources and further reading

Books

• Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide (pp. 268) →buy
• Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar (pp. 26 - 27) →buy
• Integrated Chinese: Level 1, Part 2 (pp. 294) →buy