後人

See also: 后人

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	man; person; people
trad. (後人)		後	人
simp. (后人)		后	人

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòurén

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ jan⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): heu-ngìn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiǒ-lîn / hō͘-lîn / hō͘-jîn / ǎu-lâng / āu-lâng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòurén
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòurén
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-jên²
    • Yale: hòu-rén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howren
    • Palladius: хоужэнь (xoužɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ jan⁴
    • Yale: hauh yàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ jan⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ yen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² jɐn²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-ngìn
    • Hakka Romanization System: heu nginˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ ngin²
    • Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiǒ-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: hiǒ-lîn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hio²² lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-lîn
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-lîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxliin
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ lin²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-jîn
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-jîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxjiin
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ d͡zin¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ zin²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǎu-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: ǎu-lâng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /au²² laŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-lâng
    • Tâi-lô: āu-lâng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: auxlaang
    • IPA (Xiamen): /au²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/

Noun

後人

1. later generations; future generations; posterity
2. (literary) people in the rear

Synonyms

• (later generations):

• 下輩／下辈 (xiàbèi)
• 仔孫／仔孙 (zai² syun¹) (Cantonese)
• 兒孫／儿孙 (érsūn)
• 囝孫／囝孙 (Min)
• 子孫／子孙 (zǐsūn)
• 子胤 (zǐyìn) (literary)
• 孫子／孙子 (literary)
• 後代／后代 (hòudài)
• 後嗣／后嗣 (hòusì)
• 後生／后生 (hòushēng) (literary)
• 後裔／后裔 (hòuyì)
• 根 (gēn) (figurative)
• 緒餘／绪余 (xùyú) (literary)
• 苗 (miáo) (literary, or in compounds)
• 遺裔／遗裔 (yíyì) (literary)
• 餘緒／余绪 (yúxù) (literary)

 

Verb

後人

1. to lag behind others

Derived terms

• 不甘後人／不甘后人 (bùgānhòurén)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
後	人
こう Grade: 2	じん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Noun

後(こう)人(じん) • (kōjin) 

1. posterity
2. future generations