将来, 今后, 以后

Today we are going to learn three new words that indicate a period of time after a certain moment.
The words are 将来, 今后 and 以后.
In general, all these three words mean future.
将来 and 今后 indicate the time after the present moment, while 以后 can also indicate the time after a moment in the past.

Word	Chinese Character	Pinyin	Pronunciation
Future	将来	jiāng lái
Sentence:
He will certainly be successful in the future.
他将来/以后/今后一定会成功。
tā jiāng lái （yǐ hòu /jīn hòu ）yī dìng huì chéng gōng。

Hereafter	以后	yǐ hòu
Sentence:
Two years later, he did indeed go on a round-the-world tour.
两年以后，他果然去周游世界了。
liǎng nián yǐ hòu，tā guǒ rán qù zhōu yóu shì jiè le。

From now on	今后	jīn hòu
Sentence:
We hope from now on there will be more exchanges between our two peoples.
希望今后两国人民之间有更多的交往。
xī wàng jīn hòu liǎng guó rén mín zhī jiān yǒu gèng duō de jiāo wǎng。