後生

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Chinese

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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)
simp. (后生)
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Note:
  • hâu-săng - vernacular (“young man; young”);
  • hâiu-sĕng - literary.

Noun

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後生

  1. young person; young generation
    後生可畏后生可畏  ―  hòushēng kěwèi  ―  a young person's abilities are respectable
  2. (literary) descendants
  3. (literary) next life
  4. (Hokkien, Longyan Min, Zhao'an Hakka) son
  5. (Cantonese) attendant; footman (Classifier: c)
  6. (Cantonese) shop assistant; apprentice

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Adjective

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後生

  1. having a youthful appearance
  2. born later
  3. (chiefly Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Min, Wu) young

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
しょう
Grade: 1
on'yomi

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()(しょう) (goshōごしやう (gosyau)?

  1. (Buddhism) the afterlife
    後生(ごしょう)だから。
    Goshō da kara.
    For heaven’s sake

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
のち
Grade: 2
お(い)
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

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(のち)(おい) (nochioiのちおひ (notiofi)?

  1. doing something later, producing something later; that which is done or made later
  2. posterity, those who will live later, people in the future
    Synonym: 後世 (kōsei)

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2
せい
Grade: 1
kan'on

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(こう)(せい) (kōsei

  1. posterity, life in the future, those who will live later
    Synonym: 後世 (kōsei)
  2. one's offspring, one's descendants, future generations
  3. young people, youths
  4. (Buddhism) the afterlife, the next life