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.
AFTERWARDSTHEREAFTER
Antonym
Hypernym
  • MOMENTPOINT of TIME OR INTENSELY SHORT TIME.
    • TIMEABSTRACT OBJECT that all EVENTS ARE-IN.
      • OBJECT[NO HYPERNYM.] WHAT one CAN NAME:refer to.
See also
  • THENASSUMING FOR ARGUMENT that the PRECEDING SENTENCE IS TRUE. Contrast THEREUPON.
    Hyponym
    Old Chinese Criteria
    [BRIEF/LONG]

    [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
    以後

    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
    1. Some words usually cooccur with an explicit terminus post quem (hòu 後, jì 既 ), others take the speaker's present time or the time of the last event reported in the context as the terminus post quem (yǐ ér 已而 ).

    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).

    Words

    於是  yú shì OC: qa ɡljeʔ MC: ʔi̯ɤ dʑiɛ 284 Attributions

    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 Attributions
      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 Attributions
      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 Attributions

    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 Attributions
      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 Attributions
      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 Attributions
      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 Attributions
      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 Attributions

    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 Attributions
      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 Attributions

    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 Attributions

    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 Attributions

    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 Attributions
      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 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPadV.postN{SUBJ}then, at that time
    然後  rán hòu OC: njen ɡoos MC: ȵiɛn ɦu 12 Attributions

    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 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadS1.post-S2thereupon; afterwards;DS
    • vadVthereupon, on that occasion
    有頃  yǒu qǐng OC: ɢʷɯʔ khʷleŋʔ MC: ɦɨu khiɛŋ 10 Attributions

    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 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • padS1.post-S2Thereupon immediately
    • padV.postN{SUBJ}thereupon, then
    復  fù OC: buɡ MC: buk 7 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadV.postSthereafter, henceforth> 復無 "never thereafter, never again"
    於時  yú shí OC: qa ɡljɯ MC: ʔi̯ɤ dʑɨ 7 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadSthereupon; at that time
    便  biàn OC: bens MC: biɛn 6 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • padV.(postN{SUBJ}:)post-Sand; thenDS
    • padV.postN{SUBJ}then
    須臾  xū yú OC: so lo MC: si̯o ji̯o 6 Attributions

    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 Attributions
    • 唐五代語言詞典 Táng Wǔdài yǔyán cídiǎn A Dictionary of the Language of the Tang and Five Dynasties Periods ( JIANG/CAO 1997) p. 397

      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 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • PPadS1.postS2then indeed
    于是  yú shì MC: hju dzyeX OC: ɢʷra ɡljeʔCH 5 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadS1.post-S2thereuponCH
    是時  shì shí OC: ɡljeʔ ɡljɯ MC: dʑiɛ dʑɨ 4 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPadSat that time, then
    他日  tā rì OC: lʰaal mljiɡ MC: thɑ ȵit 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPsome days later
    其後  qí hòu OC: ɡɯ ɡooʔ MC: gɨ ɦu 3 Attributions

    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 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadS1.postS2therafter, afterwards
    已後  yǐ hòu OC: k-lɯʔ ɡooʔ MC: jɨ ɦu 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPpostS1.adS2afterwards, after S1
    於是焉  yú shì yān OC: qa ɡljeʔ ɢan MC: ʔi̯ɤ dʑiɛ ɦiɛn 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadS1.postS2rare: Thereupon
    • VPadV{PRED}.postN{SUBJ}:postSthen
    俄  é OC: ŋaal MC: ŋɑ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadVafter a while
    乃遂  nǎi suì OC: nɯɯʔ sɢluds MC: nəi zi 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • PPadS1.postS2thereupon
    隨後  suí hòu OC: sɢlol ɡooʔ MC: ziɛ ɦu 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadS1.postS2afterwards, after that
    居頃之  jū qǐng zhī OC: ka khʷleŋʔ kljɯ MC: ki̯ɤ khiɛŋ tɕɨ 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadS1.postS2after a short while
    立有間  lì yǒu jiān OC: ɡ-rub ɢʷɯʔ kreen MC: lip ɦɨu kɣɛn 2 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadSafter a short while
    外  wài OC: ŋoods MC: ŋɑi 1 Attribution
    • 唐五代語言詞典 Táng Wǔdài yǔyán cídiǎn A Dictionary of the Language of the Tang and Five Dynasties Periods ( JIANG/CAO 1997) p. 364

      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 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nadVtimethe day after; after a day; after a delay
    少  shǎo OC: hmljewʔ MC: ɕiɛu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vadVa short time afterwards
    徙  xǐ OC: selʔ MC: siɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoN.adSafter 徙月 "after the month is over"
    既  jì OC: kɯds MC: kɨi 1 Attribution

    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 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vt0oN.adStimeafter the elapsing of (a certain period of time)
    次  cì OC: snʰis MC: tshi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • nadS1.postS2thereupon
    由  yóu OC: liw MC: jɨu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vtoN.adVN=timeafter 由此 "henceforth"
    越  yuè OC: ɢʷad MC: ɦi̯ɐt 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • padV.postN{TOPIC}then (at the time N)
    不久  bù jiǔ OC: pɯʔ klɯʔ MC: pi̯ut kɨu 1 Attribution
      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 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadS1.postS2afterwards
    便乃  biàn nǎi OC: bens nɯɯʔ MC: biɛn nəi 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • PPadV.postSthen
    其時  qí shí OC: ɡɯ ɡljɯ MC: gɨ dʑɨ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPadS1.postS2At that point
    在後  zài hòu OC: sɡɯɯʔ ɡooʔ MC: dzəi ɦu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPpostS1.adS2afterwards; thereafter; thereupon
    由此  yóu cǐ OC: liw tsheʔ MC: jɨu tshiɛ 1 Attribution
      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 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadS1.postS2S2=minor Sthen
    隨而  suí ér OC: sɢlol njɯ MC: ziɛ ȵɨ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • PPadS1.postS2then subsequently
    如今者  rú jīn zhě OC: nja krɯm kljaʔ MC: ȵi̯ɤ kim tɕɣɛ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPadSThen; thereupon
    居有間  jū yǒu jiān OC: ka ɢʷɯʔ kreen MC: ki̯ɤ ɦɨu kɣɛn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadSafter a while
    於後時  yú hòu shí OC: qa ɡooʔ ɡljɯ MC: ʔi̯ɤ ɦu dʑɨ 1 Attribution
      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 Attribution
      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 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • NPadVbefore long
    已  yǐ OC: k-lɯʔ MC: jɨ 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vpostS1.adS2
    安  ān OC: qaan MC: ʔɑn 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vadV.postN{SUBJ}:postS
    無何  wú hé MC: mju ha OC: ma ɡlaalCH 1 Attribution
      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 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadV.post-SthereuponCH
    有頃乃  yǒu qǐng nǎi MC: hjuwX khjwiengX nojX  OC: ɢʷɯʔ khʷleŋʔ nɯɯʔ CH 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadV.post-SthereuponCH
    既而  jì ér MC: kj+jH nyi OC: kɯds njɯCH 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • PPadS1.postS2ThereuponCH
    有頃焉  yǒu qǐng yān yán MC: hjuwX khjwiengX hjen OC: ɢʷɯʔ khʷleŋʔ ɢanDS 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadSafter a while; afterwards DS
    少焉  shǎo yān yán MC: syewX hjen OC: hmljewʔ ɢanTW 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadSshortAfter a short whileTW
    无幾何  wú jǐ hé MC: mju kj+jX ha OC: ma kɯlʔ ɡlaalCH 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • PPadS1.postS2After a short whileCH
    侯  hóu MC: huw OC: ɡooCH 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • padS1.post-S2and thereuponCH
    自後  zì hòu MC: dzijH huwX OC: sblids ɡooʔDS 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPadSthereupon; afterwards DS
    甫  fǔ OC: paʔ MC: pi̯o 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • vadVjust then
    處  chǔ OC: khljaʔ MC: tɕhi̯ɤ 0 Attributions

    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 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPadSat that time
    竟遂  jìng suì OC: kraŋs sɢluds MC: kɣaŋ zi 0 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • PPadVthen in the end
    頃之  qǐng zhī OC: khʷleŋʔ kljɯ MC: khiɛŋ tɕɨ 0 Attributions
      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 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • VPadSthenceforward, from then on

    Existing SW for

    Here are Syntactic Words already defined in the database: