後輩

See also: 后辈

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	contemporaries; generation; lifetime
trad. (後輩)		後	輩
simp. (后辈)		后	辈

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòubèi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄟˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ bui³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): heu-pi / heu-phi
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hō͘-pòe / hiō-pòe / āu-pòe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòubèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòubèi
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-pei⁴
    • Yale: hòu-bèi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howbey
    • Palladius: хоубэй (xoubɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

      [Show/Hide]
      edit edit 後備／后备 後背／后背 後輩／后辈

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ bui³
    • Yale: hauh bui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ bui³
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ bui³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² puːi̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-pi
    • Hakka Romanization System: heu bi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ bi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ pi⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-phi
    • Hakka Romanization System: heu pi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ pi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ pʰi⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-pòe
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-puè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxpoex
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ pue²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiō-pòe
    • Tâi-lô: hiō-puè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hioixpoex
    • IPA (Taipei): /hio³³⁻¹¹ pue¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɤ³³⁻²¹ pue²¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-pòe
    • Tâi-lô: āu-puè
    • Phofsit Daibuun: auxpoex
    • IPA (Taipei): /au³³⁻¹¹ pue¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /au³³⁻²¹ pue²¹/

Noun

後輩

1. younger generation; posterity; descendants
2. juniors; inferiors
3. (ACG) kohai

Synonyms

• (younger generation):

• 下一代 (xià yīdài)
• 下勻／下匀 (Hokkien)
• 下輩／下辈 (xiàbèi)
• 小輩子／小辈子 (xiao³ bei⁴ zi³) (Sichuanese)
• 序細／序细 (Hokkien)
• 晚輩／晚辈 (wǎnbèi)
• 細輩／细辈 (Teochew)

 

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "younger generation"):

• 上一代 (shàng yīdài)
• 上輩／上辈 (shàngbèi)
• 先輩／先辈 (xiānbèi)
• 前輩／前辈 (qiánbèi)
• 老人 (lǎorén)
• 老勻／老匀 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 老輩／老辈 (lǎobèi)
• 長輩／长辈 (zhǎngbèi)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (後輩):

• → Japanese: 後輩(こうはい) (kōhai)
• → Korean: 후배(後輩) (hubae)
• → Vietnamese: hậu bối (後輩)

See also

• 後代／后代 (hòudài)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
後	輩
こう Grade: 2	はい Grade: S
kan’on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 後輩 (MC huwX|huwH pwojH, literally “back, behind + people of a certain kind; class, cohort”).

First cited to a text from 827 CE.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) こーはい [kòóháí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ko̞ːha̠i]

Noun

後(こう)輩(はい) • (kōhai) ^{←こうはい (koufai)?}

1. [from 1913] a member of a younger class
2. [from circa 1220] someone born later, junior member of a group, kohai
3. [from 827] (rare, possibly obsolete) the people towards the rear of a group

Antonyms

• 先輩(せんぱい) (senpai)

Descendants

• → English: kohai, kouhai

Korean

Hanja in this term
後	輩

Noun

後輩 • (hubae) (hangeul 후배)

1. Hanja form^? of 후배 (“one's junior in school, junior colleague”).

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
後	輩

Noun

後輩

1. chữ Hán form of hậu bối (“junior”).