後裔

See also: 后裔

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	descendants; frontier
trad. (後裔)		後	裔
simp. (后裔)		后	裔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòuyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ jeoi⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): heu-yí
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hō͘-ē / hiǒ-ē / hō͘-ī / hō͘-è / hō͘-ì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòuyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòuyì
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-i⁴
    • Yale: hòu-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howyih
    • Palladius: хоуи (xoui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ jeoi⁶
    • Yale: hauh yeuih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ joey⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ yêu⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² jɵy̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-yí
    • Hakka Romanization System: heu i`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: heu<sup>4</sup> yi<sup>3</sup>
    • Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ i³¹/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-yí
    • Hakka Romanization System: heu (r)i`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ yi³
    • Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ (j)i³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-ē
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-ē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxe
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ e²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiǒ-ē
    • Tâi-lô: hiǒ-ē
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hio²² e⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-ī
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-ī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxi
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ i²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-è
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-è
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxex
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ e²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ e¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-ì
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-ì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ i²¹/

Noun

後裔

1. descendant; offspring; progeny

   • 前夜夢，余若將買取孔子之宅于孔子之後裔，卽孔子四十七八代孫云爾。 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 《旅軒集/여헌집》, 1500s—1600s

     Jeon'ya mong, yeo yak jang maechwi Gongja ji taek u Gongja ji huye, jeuk Gaongja sasip chil pal dae son un'i [Sino-Korean]

     I had a dream yesterday night. It was as if I was about to purchase Confucius's house from a descendant of his. That is to say, he was Confucius's descendant by the 47th or 48th generation, and that was all.

Synonyms

• 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)
• 後人／后人 (hòurén)
• 後代／后代 (hòudài)
• 後嗣／后嗣 (hòusì)
• 後生／后生 (hòushēng) (literary)
• 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)

 

Derived terms

• 德垂後裔／德垂后裔

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
後	裔
こう Grade: 2	えい Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːe̞ː]

Noun

後(こう)裔(えい) • (kōei) 

1. descendant

Synonyms

• 子孫

Antonyms

• 先祖

Korean

Hanja in this term
後	裔

Noun

後裔 • (huye) (hangeul 후예)

1. Hanja form^? of 후예 (“descendant”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
後	裔

Noun

後裔

1. chữ Hán form of hậu duệ (“descendant”).