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CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY

自此

zìcǐ

since then

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

since then

02

henceforth

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 自此 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 自此 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

自此过去了三年。zì cǐ guò qù le sān nián。

Three years have passed since then.

自此之后,他过着艰难的生活。zì cǐ zhī hòu, tā guò zhe jiān nán de shēng huó。

Since then, he lives a tough life.

两人自此结下梁子。liǎng rén zì cǐ jié xià liáng zi。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 自此.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 自此.

Directly before

  • 两人自此1

Directly after

  • 自此之后1
  • 自此过去1
  • 自此结下1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 自此

What does 自此 mean in Chinese?

自此 (zìcǐ) means since then.

How do you pronounce 自此?

自此 is pronounced zìcǐ.

Is 自此 an HSK word?

自此 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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