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How to use Chinese Transition Words 首先,其次,然后,and 最后 etc.





  1. 首先 can be used to set up a sequence of events
  2. 首先-其次-再次=first-second-third
  3. 首先=first of all
  4. 再次=once again, once more, third
  5. 最后= finally, in the end, at last
  6. 先=first
  7. 第 with Chinese number can be used as ordinal number
  8. 进而 and then
  9. 而现在= and now
  10. 后来= later, subsequently
  11. 以-开头 begins with.
  12. 接着= then, after that
  13. 接下来= next, then
  14. 然后= then