後來居上
Chinese
reside | up; on; on top up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up | |||
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trad. (後來居上) | 後來 | 居 | 上 | |
simp. (后来居上) | 后来 | 居 | 上 | |
Literally: “late-comer lives above”. |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): hau6 loi4 geoi1 soeng5
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): āu-lâi-ki-siāng / āu-lâi-ku-siōng
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄞˊ ㄐㄩ ㄕㄤˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hòuláijyushàng
- Wade–Giles: hou4-lai2-chü1-shang4
- Yale: hòu-lái-jyū-shàng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howlaijiushanq
- Palladius: хоулайцзюйшан (xoulajczjujšan)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵ t͡ɕy⁵⁵ ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hau6 loi4 geoi1 soeng5
- Yale: hauh lòih gēui séuhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: hau6 loi4 goey1 soeng5
- Guangdong Romanization: heo6 loi4 gêu1 sêng5
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐu̯²² lɔːi̯²¹ kɵy̯⁵⁵ sœːŋ¹³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-lâi-ki-siāng / āu-lâi-ku-siōng
- Tâi-lô: āu-lâi-ki-siāng / āu-lâi-ku-siōng
- Phofsit Daibuun: auxlai'kisiang, auxlai'kusiong
- IPA (Xiamen): /au²²⁻²¹ lai²⁴⁻²² ki⁴⁴⁻²² siaŋ²²/, /au²²⁻²¹ lai²⁴⁻²² ku⁴⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²²/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /au⁴¹⁻²² lai²⁴⁻²² ki³³ siaŋ⁴¹/, /au⁴¹⁻²² lai²⁴⁻²² ku³³ siɔŋ⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /au²²⁻²¹ lai¹³⁻²² ki⁴⁴⁻²² siaŋ²²/, /au²²⁻²¹ lai¹³⁻²² ku⁴⁴⁻²² siɔŋ²²/
- IPA (Taipei): /au³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴⁻¹¹ ki⁴⁴⁻³³ siaŋ³³/, /au³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴⁻¹¹ ku⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ³³/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /au³³⁻²¹ lai²³⁻³³ ki⁴⁴⁻³³ siaŋ³³/, /au³³⁻²¹ lai²³⁻³³ ku⁴⁴⁻³³ siɔŋ³³/
- (Hokkien)
- Middle Chinese: huwX|huwH loj kjo dzyangH
Idiom
(deprecated template usage) 後來居上
- the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation; the pupil surpasses the master