向後

See also: 向后

Chinese

	direction; part; side direction; part; side; towards; to; guide; opposite to	back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
trad. (向後)	向	後
simp. (向后)	向	后
anagram	後向／后向

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiànghòu

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoeng³ hau⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiong-heu
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ǹg-āu / ǹg-ǎu / hiòng-hō͘ / hiòng-hiō

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiànghòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤˋ ㄏㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siànghòu
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang⁴-hou⁴
  - Yale: syàng-hòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shianqhow
  - Palladius: сянхоу (sjanxou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵¹⁻⁵³ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoeng³ hau⁶
  - Yale: heung hauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoeng³ hau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: hêng³ heo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hœːŋ³³ hɐu̯²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiong-heu
  - Hakka Romanization System: hiong heu
  - Hagfa Pinyim: hiong⁴ heu⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /hi̯oŋ⁵⁵ heu̯⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǹg-āu
  - Tâi-lô: ǹg-āu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ngrau
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ŋ̍²¹⁻⁵³ au²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ŋ̍¹¹⁻⁵³ au³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ŋ̍²¹⁻⁴¹ au³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǹg-ǎu
  - Tâi-lô: ǹg-ǎu
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ŋ̍⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ au²²/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiòng-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: hiòng-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiorngho
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hiɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ hɔ³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ hɔ³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou-like accent in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiòng-hiō
  - Tâi-lô: hiòng-hiō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hiornghioi

Note:

ǹg-āu/ǹg-ǎu - vernacular;
hiòng-hō͘/hiòng-hiō - literary.

Adverb

向後

back; backwards (to or in a previous condition or place)
later; in the future

Antonyms

向前 (xiàngqián)

Pronunciation 2

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiàⁿ-āu / hiàⁿ-ǎu

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiàⁿ-āu
  - Tâi-lô: hiànn-āu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hviarau
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hiã²¹⁻⁵³ au²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hiã¹¹⁻⁵³ au³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiã²¹⁻⁴¹ au³³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiàⁿ-ǎu
  - Tâi-lô: hiànn-ǎu
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hiã⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ au²²/

Verb

向後

(Hokkien) to lean backwards; to face backwards; to fall backwards