後世

See also: 后世

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
trad. (後世)		後	世
simp. (后世)		后	世

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòushì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ sai³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): heu-sṳ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): āu-sì / ǎu-sì / āu-sè / ǎu-sè / hiǒ-sè / hō͘-sè / hiō-sè

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòushì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòushìh
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: hòu-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howshyh
    • Palladius: хоуши (xouši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɻ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 後世 / 后世 後事 / 后事

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ sai³
    • Yale: hauh sai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ sai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ sei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² sɐi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: heu sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-sì
    • Tâi-lô: āu-sì
    • Phofsit Daibuun: auxsix
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /au²²⁻²¹ si²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /au³³⁻²¹ si²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /au³³⁻¹¹ si¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǎu-sì
    • Tâi-lô: ǎu-sì
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /au²² si⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-sè
    • Tâi-lô: āu-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: auxsex
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /au³³⁻²¹ se²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /au³³⁻¹¹ se¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /au²²⁻²¹ se²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǎu-sè
    • Tâi-lô: ǎu-sè
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /au²² se⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiǒ-sè
    • Tâi-lô: hiǒ-sè
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hio²² se⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-sè
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxsex
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ se¹¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ se²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiō-sè
    • Tâi-lô: hiō-sè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hioixsex
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɤ³³⁻²¹ se²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hio³³⁻¹¹ se¹¹/

Noun

後世

1. later generation
2. later era
3. (Buddhism) the future world; the next world; the world to come; the afterlife

Synonyms

• (the next life):

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• 下世 (xiàshì)
• 下輩子 / 下辈子 (xiàbèizi)
• 來世 / 来世 (láishì)
• 來生 / 来生 (láishēng)
• 後生 / 后生 (hòushēng) (literary)

Dialectal synonyms of 下輩子 (“the next life”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		來生, 來世
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	下輩子
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	後世
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	下輩子
	Xining	後世
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	後世
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	二輩子
Cantonese	Hong Kong	下世
Gan	Nanchang	來生
Hakka	Meixian	下生人, 來生
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	後世
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	轉生世
	Wengyuan	下生世人
	Liannan	下一世
	Jiexi	下世
	Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)	後世
	Changting	後世
	Wuping	下生世人
	Ninghua	再世
	Ningdu	後世
	Ganzhou (Panlong)	後生世
	Dayu	後生世
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	出過世
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	出過世
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	出過世
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	出過世
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	出過世
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	後世人
	Hong Kong	後世
	Yangxi (Tangkou)	下世
	Yangchun (Sanjia)	後世
	Xinyi (Sihe)	下一世
	Xinyi (Qianpai)	後世
	Gaozhou (Xindong)	後世
	Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)	後世
	Huazhou (Xin'an)	第二世
	Lianjiang (Shijiao)	下世
	Lianjiang (Qingping)	來世
	Mengshan (Xihe)	後世
	Luchuan	來世
Jin	Taiyuan	下輩子
Southern Min	Xiamen	下世, 下世儂, 後世, 後世儂
	Quanzhou	下世, 下世儂, 後世, 後世儂
	Zhangzhou	下世, 下世儂, 後世, 後世儂
	Tainan	下世儂, 後出世, 後世儂, 後世
	Longyan	下生世人
	Jieyang	下世儂
	Leizhou	後世
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	來世

Derived terms

• 欲好額等後世，欲做官學做戲 / 欲好额等后世，欲做官学做戏

Japanese

Kanji in this term
後	世
こう Grade: 2	せい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːse̞ː]
• (Tokyo) こーせー [kóꜜòsèè] (Atamadaka – [1])

Noun

後(こう)世(せい) • (kōsei) 

1. posterity, future generations
   • 2023 March 9, 渡辺博道, quotee, “第211回国会　衆議院　東日本大震災復興特別委員会　第2号　令和5年3月9日”, in 国会会議録検索システム‎^[1], 国立国会図書館:

     東日本大震災の記憶と教訓を後世に継承することが重要です。

     Higashi Nihon Dai-Shinsai no kioku to kyōkun o kōsei ni keishō suru koto ga jūyō desu.

     It is important to pass on the memories and lessons of the Great East Japan Earthquake to future generations.

References

• “後世”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
後	世

Noun

後世 • (huse) (hangeul 후세)

1. hanja form^? of 후세 (“future generations”)