後生

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (後生)		後	生
simp. (后生)		后	生

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòushēng

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄕㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ saang¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): heu-sâng
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hāu-siⁿ / hāu-seⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòushēng
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄕㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòusheng
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-shêng¹
    • Yale: hòu-shēng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howsheng
    • Palladius: хоушэн (xoušɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 厚生 後生／后生

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ saang¹
    • Yale: hauh sāang
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ saang¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² saːŋ⁵⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-sâng
    • Hakka Romanization System: heu sang^ˊ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ sang¹
    • Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ saŋ²⁴/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-siⁿ / hāu-seⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: hāu-sinn / hāu-senn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hauxsvy, hauxsvef
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hau²²⁻²¹ sĩ⁴⁴/, /hau²²⁻²¹ sẽ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hau⁴¹⁻²² sĩ³³/, /hau⁴¹⁻²² sẽ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hau²²⁻²¹ sĩ⁴⁴/, /hau²²⁻²¹ sɛ̃⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hau³³⁻¹¹ sĩ⁴⁴/, /hau³³⁻¹¹ sẽ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hau³³⁻²¹ sĩ⁴⁴/, /hau³³⁻²¹ sẽ⁴⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 後生

1. young person, young generation
2. descendants

   後生可畏／后生可畏  ―  hòushēng kěwèi  ―  a young person's abilities are respectable

3. next life
4. (deprecated template usage) (Southern Min) son

Synonyms

• (Min Nan) 囝 (kiáⁿ)
• (Mandarin) 兒子／儿子 (érzi)

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 後生

1. born later
2. (deprecated template usage) (chiefly Cantonese and Hakka) young