THEREUPON 以後後
At the MOMENT WHEN something OTHER has HAPPENED.NB: THEN is taken as a logical conditional relation, whereas THEREUPON is temporal. The distinction needs much more attention.
Old Chinese Criteria
[DRAMATIC/UNDRAMATIC]
[EMPHATIC/UNEMPHATIC]
[NOUN/VERB/PARTICLE/CLAUSE]
1. The current general word for "thereupon" is yú shì 於是 "at that point, then, thereupon" with its expanded variant yú shì hū 於是乎, but these expressions do not allow for any long delay.
2. Yǒu jiān 有間 (ant.* xuǎn 旋/還 "without delay", dùn 頓 "immediately, without hesitation") refers to a brief interval of a certain time which ensues, and after which something new happens in the narrative sequence.
[BRIEF], [UNDRAMATIC], [UNEMPHATIC]; [CLAUSE]
3. Yǒu qǐng 有頃 (ant. è ér 俄而 "without delay", lì 立 "without delay") is "after a while" and the interval is perhaps a little longer than in yǒu jiān 有間, and this expression also refers to a plain narrative sequence.
[BRIEF], [UNDRAMATIC], [UNEMPHATIC]; [CLAUSE]
4. Yǐ ér 已而 (ant. qián cǐ 前此 "before this point in time") refers with emphasis to a longer than expected interval after a certain time.
[LONG], [DRAMATIC], [EMPHATIC]; [PARTICLE]
5. Jū 居 (as in jū sān yuè 居三月 "after three months") and the rarer chǔ 處 serve simply to indicate a specified interval after a certain time after which something else happens.
[VERB], [UNDRAMATIC], [UNEMPHATIC]
6. Jì 既 (ant. wèi jí 未及 "before even...") focusses dramatically on the fact that an action B does not occur before the action A is completed.
[BRIEF], [DRAMATIC], [EMPHATIC]; [PARTICLE]
7. Rán hòu 然後 (ant. yǐ qián 以前 "before") emphasises that an event occurs no sooner than after a certain event or space of time. See ONLY THEN.
[BRIEF], [DRAMATIC], [EMPHATIC]; [PARTICLE]
8. Ér hòu 而後 (ant. yǐ qián 以前 "before") emphasises that an event occurs no sooner than after a certain event or space of time. See ONLY THEN.
[BRIEF], [EMPHATIC]; [PARTICLE]
9. Xū yú 須臾 stresses that an event occurred immediately after another.
[BRIEF+]; [nadS]
10. Hòu 後 (ant. qián 前 "before") is a general word indicating that something happens later than something else.
Modern Chinese Criteria
後來
之後
後
往後
而後
爾後
日後
今後
此後
從此以後
嗣後 (lit)
隨後
過後
後頭
後首
下
first rough draft to identify synonym group members for future analysis, based on CL. 18.11.2003. CH/
Old Chinese Contrasts
2. Some words require the specification of "how long afterwards" (chǔ 處, jū 居 ), others exclude such a specification (yǒu jiān 有間 ).
3. Some words require the period of "how long afterwards" to be relatively short (chǔ 處, jū 居, yǒu jiān 有間 ), others specify the time (sù 宿 ); still others place no restriction on the length of this time (hòu 後 ).
4. Some words express a necessary temporally specified precondition or necessary condition (rán hòu 然後 ), others simply describe sequence (yǐ ér 已而, ér 而 etc).
- Using Chinese Synonyms
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GRACE ZHANG 2010)
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Words
於是 yú shì OC: qa ɡljeʔ MC: ʔi̯ɤ dʑiɛ 284 AttributionsWD
The current general word for "thereupon" is yú shì 於是"at that point, then, thereupon", with its expanded variant yú shì hū 於是乎 but these expressions do not allow for any long delay.
- Syntactic words
- VPadS1.postS2At that point, Whereupon; at that time; at this time
- VPadS1.postS2after speechHaving said that... [a large number of items from TEMP must be moved here]
- VPadS1.postS2from then onthereafter, from then on, from that point onwards
- VPadS1.postS2logicand then by the logic of the situation, and so
- VPadVunder such circumstances
- VPadV{PRED}.postN{SUBJ}:postSN then V-ed
- VPpostVat that moment
於是乎 yú shì hū OC: qa ɡljeʔ ɢaa MC: ʔi̯ɤ dʑiɛ ɦuo̝ 78 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadS1.postS2from then on
- VPadS1.postS2generalthen at such a time
- VPadS1.postS2thusand thus
- VPadS1.postS2timethen, thereupon; at that moment
- VPadV{PRED}.postN{SUBJ}:postSN then V-ed; N thus V-ed
- VPadV{PRED}.postN{SUBJ}:postSfrom then onfrom then on
時 shí OC: ɡljɯ MC: dʑɨ 43 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nadS1.postS2at the time of S2...
- nadSanaphoricat that time (Not necessarily new paragraph!)
- nadSindefiniteat one point
- nadV.postN{SUBJ}then, at the time
- npost-npro.adSthen, at the time specified by npro
後 hòu OC: ɡooʔ MC: ɦu 42 AttributionsWD
Hòu 後 (ant. qián 前 "before") is a general word indicating that something happens later than something else.
- Word relations
- Ant: 本/ORIGINALLY
The general word is běn 本 (ant. jìng 竟 "in the end") and refers to the crucial and formative early stage in any development.
- Syntactic words
- naftermath; the time that came/comes afterwards
- nadS1.postS2afterwards, later on, at a later stage
- npost-Naftermath of N, the time after N
- npost-S1.adS2afterwards; at a later stage; after S1
- nsubjectthe later ones (i.e. words); what comes later (the results)
- vadNlater (generations); succeeding, second (main wife)
- vadSafterwards
- vadVafterwards; later
- vadVlastlast, latest 後至 "arrive later, arrive last"
爾時 ěr shí OC: mljelʔ ɡljɯ MC: ȵiɛ dʑɨ 42 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPadNof that time
- NPadS1.postS2at that contextually determinate time
- NPadVanaphoricat that time
即便 jí biàn OC: tsɯɡ bens MC: tsɨk biɛn 32 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- PPadV.post-Sthen; at that point in time; then immediately
- PPadV.postN{SUBJ}:postSthen, at that point in time
遂 suì OC: sɢluds MC: zi 29 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- padS1.post-S2after direct speech: With this... Having said this... (also more generally: Thereupon, Then in the end
- padV.postN{SUBJ}:post-SN thereupon V-ed
乃 nǎi OC: nɯɯʔ MC: nəi
迺 nǎi OC: nɯɯʔ MC: nəi 27 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- padN{PRED}.postN{SUBJ}non-emphaticat that stage; then, thereupon; sometimes after direct spech: then accordingly
- padS1.post-S2ThereuponCH
- padV.postN{SUBJ}:post-Sthereupon, then
已而 yǐ ér OC: k-lɯʔ njɯ MC: jɨ ȵɨ 22 AttributionsWD
Yǐ ér 已而 (ant. qián cǐ 前此 "before this point in time") refers with emphasis to a longer than expected interval after a certain time. [LONG], [DRAMATIC], [EMPHATIC]; [PARTICLE]
- Syntactic words
- VPadS1.postS2after a while; after a time; from this time onwards
- VPadS1.postS2S2=minor Safter a while; after a long time
而 ér OC: njɯ MC: ȵɨ 17 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- padS1.post-S2and then
- padS1.post-S2sequenceand then, and thereupon
- padV1.postV2after Ving, then 生而知之"knows things from birth"
俄而 é ér OC: ŋaal njɯ MC: ŋɑ ȵɨ 16 AttributionsWD
È 俄 and é ér 俄而 refer to the abrupt occurrence of an event of strikingly short duration.
- Syntactic words
- PPadVafter a while, unpredictably, suddenly; then suddenly
居 jū OC: ka MC: ki̯ɤ 14 AttributionsWD
Jū 居 (as in jū sān yuè 居三月 "after three months") and the rarer chǔ 處 serve simply to indicate a specified interval after a certain time after which something else happens. [VERB], [UNDRAMATIC], [UNEMPHATIC]
- Syntactic words
- vi0adSafter a while passeed, S1
- vt0oN.adSN=timeafter (such-and-such a time) LIT: when (such and such a time) had passed
有間 yǒu jiān OC: ɢʷɯʔ kreen MC: ɦɨu kɣɛn 14 AttributionsWD
Yǒu jiān 有間 (ant.* xuǎn 旋/還 "without delay", dùn 頓 "immediately, without hesitation") refers to a brief interval of a certain time which ensues, and after which something new happens in the narrative sequence. [BRIEF], [UNDRAMATIC], [UNEMPHATIC]; [CLAUSE]
- Syntactic words
- VP0adSA CERTAIN TIME PASSED> after a while, S
- VPpostadVfor a while
於是乃 yú shì nǎi OC: qa ɡljeʔ nɯɯʔ MC: ʔi̯ɤ dʑiɛ nəi 13 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- PPadV.postSthen; and so at that point (followed by verb with understood subject) Note that if there is an explicit subject, it is inserted after yú shì 於是
即時 jí shí OC: tsɯɡ ɡljɯ MC: tsɨk dʑɨ 12 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPadV.postN{SUBJ}then, at that time
然後 rán hòu OC: njen ɡoos MC: ȵiɛn ɦu 12 AttributionsWD
Rán hòu 然後 (ant. yǐ qián 以前 "before") emphasises that an event occurs no sooner than after a certain event or space of time. See ONLY THEN. [BRIEF], [DRAMATIC], [EMPHATIC]; [PARTICLE]
- Syntactic words
- PPadS1.postS2and then, afterwards
因 yīn OC: qin MC: ʔin 10 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vadS1.post-S2thereupon; afterwards;DS
- vadVthereupon, on that occasion
有頃 yǒu qǐng OC: ɢʷɯʔ khʷleŋʔ MC: ɦɨu khiɛŋ 10 AttributionsWD
Yǒu qǐng 有頃 (ant. è ér 俄而 "without delay", lì 立 "without delay") is "after a while" and the interval is perhaps a little longer than in yǒu jiān 有間, and this expression also refers to a plain narrative sequence. [BRIEF], [UNDRAMATIC], [UNEMPHATIC]; [CLAUSE]
- Syntactic words
- VPadScurrent from HAN times onwards: after a while
即 jí OC: tsɯɡ MC: tsɨk 7 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- padS1.post-S2Thereupon immediately
- padV.postN{SUBJ}thereupon, then
復 fù OC: buɡ MC: buk 7 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vadV.postSthereafter, henceforth> 復無 "never thereafter, never again"
於時 yú shí OC: qa ɡljɯ MC: ʔi̯ɤ dʑɨ 7 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadSthereupon; at that time
便 biàn OC: bens MC: biɛn 6 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- padV.(postN{SUBJ}:)post-Sand; thenDS
- padV.postN{SUBJ}then
須臾 xū yú OC: so lo MC: si̯o ji̯o 6 AttributionsWD
Xū yú 須臾 stresses that an event occurred immediately after another. [BRIEF+]
- Syntactic words
- NPadSSin a short moment...DS
- NPadVtimeafter a very short time
尋 xún OC: ljum MC: zim 5 AttributionsWD
- 唐五代語言詞典 Táng Wǔdài yǔyán cídiǎn A Dictionary of the Language of the Tang and Five Dynasties Periods
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JIANG/CAO 1997)
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- Syntactic words
- VPadS1.postS2soon afterwards, not long after
- VPadV{PRED}.postN{SUBJ}:postSimmediately afterwards
於是遂 yú shì suì OC: qa ɡljeʔ sɢluds MC: ʔi̯ɤ dʑiɛ zi 5 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- PPadS1.postS2then indeed
于是 yú shì MC: hju dzyeX OC: ɢʷra ɡljeʔCH 5 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadS1.post-S2thereuponCH
是時 shì shí OC: ɡljeʔ ɡljɯ MC: dʑiɛ dʑɨ 4 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPadSat that time, then
他日 tā rì OC: lʰaal mljiɡ MC: thɑ ȵit 3 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPsome days later
其後 qí hòu OC: ɡɯ ɡooʔ MC: gɨ ɦu 3 AttributionsWD
Ér hòu 而後 (ant. yǐ qián 以前 "before") emphasises that an event occurs no sooner than after a certain event or space of time. See ONLY THEN. [BRIEF], [EMPHATIC]; [PARTICLE]
- Syntactic words
- NPadSafterwards
向後 xiàng hòu OC: qhaŋs ɡooʔ MC: hi̯ɐŋ ɦu 3 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadS1.postS2therafter, afterwards
已後 yǐ hòu OC: k-lɯʔ ɡooʔ MC: jɨ ɦu 3 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPpostS1.adS2afterwards, after S1
於是焉 yú shì yān OC: qa ɡljeʔ ɢan MC: ʔi̯ɤ dʑiɛ ɦiɛn 3 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadS1.postS2rare: Thereupon
- VPadV{PRED}.postN{SUBJ}:postSthen
俄 é OC: ŋaal MC: ŋɑ 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vadVafter a while
乃遂 nǎi suì OC: nɯɯʔ sɢluds MC: nəi zi 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- PPadS1.postS2thereupon
隨後 suí hòu OC: sɢlol ɡooʔ MC: ziɛ ɦu 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadS1.postS2afterwards, after that
居頃之 jū qǐng zhī OC: ka khʷleŋʔ kljɯ MC: ki̯ɤ khiɛŋ tɕɨ 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadS1.postS2after a short while
立有間 lì yǒu jiān OC: ɡ-rub ɢʷɯʔ kreen MC: lip ɦɨu kɣɛn 2 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadSafter a short while
外 wài OC: ŋoods MC: ŋɑi 1 AttributionWD
- 唐五代語言詞典 Táng Wǔdài yǔyán cídiǎn A Dictionary of the Language of the Tang and Five Dynasties Periods
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JIANG/CAO 1997)
p.
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- Syntactic words
- npost-Noutside (a timeframe) > after N, the time after N (this is a vernacular usage of 外 which appeared during the Tang ?)
宿 sù OC: suɡ MC: suk 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- nadVtimethe day after; after a day; after a delay
少 shǎo OC: hmljewʔ MC: ɕiɛu 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vadVa short time afterwards
徙 xǐ OC: selʔ MC: siɛ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoN.adSafter 徙月 "after the month is over"
既 jì OC: kɯds MC: kɨi 1 AttributionWD
Jì 既 (ant. wèi jí 未及 "before even...") focusses dramatically on the fact that an action B does not occur before the action A is completed. [BRIEF], [DRAMATIC], [EMPHATIC]; [PARTICLE]
- Syntactic words
- vadV.postN{SUBJ}:adSafter V
期 qī OC: ɡɯ MC: gɨ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vt0oN.adStimeafter the elapsing of (a certain period of time)
次 cì OC: snʰis MC: tshi 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- nadS1.postS2thereupon
由 yóu OC: liw MC: jɨu 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoN.adVN=timeafter 由此 "henceforth"
越 yuè OC: ɢʷad MC: ɦi̯ɐt 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- padV.postN{TOPIC}then (at the time N)
不久 bù jiǔ OC: pɯʔ klɯʔ MC: pi̯ut kɨu 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VP0adSafter a short while, not long afterwards; before long
- VP0adV.post-Nnot long afterwards; before long
以後 yǐ hòu OC: k-lɯʔ ɡooʔ MC: jɨ ɦu 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadS1.postS2afterwards
便乃 biàn nǎi OC: bens nɯɯʔ MC: biɛn nəi 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- PPadV.postSthen
其時 qí shí OC: ɡɯ ɡljɯ MC: gɨ dʑɨ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPadS1.postS2At that point
在後 zài hòu OC: sɡɯɯʔ ɡooʔ MC: dzəi ɦu 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPpostS1.adS2afterwards; thereafter; thereupon
由此 yóu cǐ OC: liw tsheʔ MC: jɨu tshiɛ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadS1.postS2S2=minor Sthen as a result of this; thus from this point onwards
輒便 zhé biàn OC: nteb bens MC: ʈiɛp biɛn 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadS1.postS2S2=minor Sthen
隨而 suí ér OC: sɢlol njɯ MC: ziɛ ȵɨ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- PPadS1.postS2then subsequently
如今者 rú jīn zhě OC: nja krɯm kljaʔ MC: ȵi̯ɤ kim tɕɣɛ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPadSThen; thereupon
居有間 jū yǒu jiān OC: ka ɢʷɯʔ kreen MC: ki̯ɤ ɦɨu kɣɛn 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadSafter a while
於後時 yú hòu shí OC: qa ɡooʔ ɡljɯ MC: ʔi̯ɤ ɦu dʑɨ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadV.postNafterwards, at a later time
方是之時 fāng shì zhī shí OC: paŋ ɡljeʔ kljɯ ɡljɯ MC: pi̯ɐŋ dʑiɛ tɕɨ dʑɨ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPadS1.postS2At that time
未久之間 wèi jiǔ zhī jiān OC: mɯds klɯʔ kljɯ kreen MC: mɨi kɨu tɕɨ kɣɛn 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPadVbefore long
已 yǐ OC: k-lɯʔ MC: jɨ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vpostS1.adS2
安 ān OC: qaan MC: ʔɑn 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vadV.postN{SUBJ}:postS
無何 wú hé MC: mju ha OC: ma ɡlaalCH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadV.postN{SUBJ}after a short whileCH
有頃乃 yǒu qǐng nǎi MC: hjuwX khjwiengX nojX OC: ɢʷɯʔ khʷleŋʔ nɯɯʔ CH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadV.post-SthereuponCH
有頃乃 yǒu qǐng nǎi MC: hjuwX khjwiengX nojX OC: ɢʷɯʔ khʷleŋʔ nɯɯʔ CH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadV.post-SthereuponCH
既而 jì ér MC: kj+jH nyi OC: kɯds njɯCH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- PPadS1.postS2ThereuponCH
有頃焉 yǒu qǐng yān yán MC: hjuwX khjwiengX hjen OC: ɢʷɯʔ khʷleŋʔ ɢanDS 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadSafter a while; afterwards DS
少焉 shǎo yān yán MC: syewX hjen OC: hmljewʔ ɢanTW 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadSshortAfter a short whileTW
无幾何 wú jǐ hé MC: mju kj+jX ha OC: ma kɯlʔ ɡlaalCH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- PPadS1.postS2After a short whileCH
侯 hóu MC: huw OC: ɡooCH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- padS1.post-S2and thereuponCH
自後 zì hòu MC: dzijH huwX OC: sblids ɡooʔDS 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadSthereupon; afterwards DS
甫 fǔ OC: paʔ MC: pi̯o 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- vadVjust then
處 chǔ OC: khljaʔ MC: tɕhi̯ɤ 0 AttributionsWD
Jū 居 (as in jū sān yuè 居三月 "after three months") and the rarer chǔ 處 serve simply to indicate a specified interval after a certain time after which something else happens. [VERB], [UNDRAMATIC], [UNEMPHATIC]
- Syntactic words
彼時 bǐ shí OC: pralʔ ɡljɯ MC: piɛ dʑɨ 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPadSat that time
竟遂 jìng suì OC: kraŋs sɢluds MC: kɣaŋ zi 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- PPadVthen in the end
頃之 qǐng zhī OC: khʷleŋʔ kljɯ MC: khiɛŋ tɕɨ 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- NPadSthereupon See MOMENT NPadS
於是以來 yú shì yǐ lái OC: qa ɡljeʔ k-lɯʔ m-rɯɯ MC: ʔi̯ɤ dʑiɛ jɨ ləi 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- VPadSthenceforward, from then on
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