後園

See also: 后园

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	garden
trad. (後園)		後	園
simp. (后园)		后	园

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòuyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ jyun⁴ / hau⁶ jyun^4-2

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòuyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòuyuán
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-yüan²
    • Yale: hòu-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howyuan
    • Palladius: хоуюань (xoujuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 後園／后园 後援／后援

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ jyun⁴ / hau⁶ jyun^4-2
    • Yale: hauh yùhn / hauh yún
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ jyn⁴ / hau⁶ jyn^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ yun⁴ / heo⁶ yun^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² jyːn²¹/, /hɐu̯²² jyːn²¹⁻³⁵/

Noun

後園

1. rear courtyard; backyard

   • 在我的後園，可以看見牆外有兩株樹，一株是棗樹，還有一株也是棗樹。 [MSC, trad.]
     在我的后园，可以看见墙外有两株树，一株是枣树，还有一株也是枣树。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1924, Lu Xun, “Autumn Night”, in Wild Grass (English translation based on one by Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang)

     Zài wǒ de hòuyuán, kěyǐ kànjiàn qiáng wài yǒu liǎng zhū shù, yī zhū shì zǎoshù, háiyǒu yī zhū yě shì zǎoshù. [Pinyin]

     Behind the wall of my backyard you can see two trees: one is a jujube tree, the other is also a jujube tree.