The Thai term 'ภายหลัง (phāi lǎng)' is typically used to indicate a future time or a forthcoming action. It is quite similar to the English terms 'later' or 'in the future'. It can be positioned at the beginning or end of a sentence. It is flexible and can be used with a wide variety of verbs, adjectives and phrases to express an action, state or event that will take place in future.