後人

See also: 后人

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	man; person; people
trad. (後人)		後	人
simp. (后人)		后	人

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hòurén

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ jan⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): heu-ngìn
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiǒ-lîn / hō͘-lîn / hō͘-jîn / ǎu-lâng / āu-lâng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hòurén
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄖㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hòurén
  - Wade–Giles: hou⁴-jên²
  - Yale: hòu-rén
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howren
  - Palladius: хоужэнь (xoužɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ ʐən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau⁶ jan⁴
  - Yale: hauh yàhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ jan⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ yen⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² jɐn²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-ngìn
  - Hakka Romanization System: heu ngin^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ ngin²
  - Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ ŋin¹¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiǒ-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: hiǒ-lîn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hio²² lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-lîn
  - Tâi-lô: hōo-lîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoxliin
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ lin²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ lin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-jîn
  - Tâi-lô: hōo-jîn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoxjiin
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ d͡zin¹³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ zin²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǎu-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: ǎu-lâng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /au²² laŋ²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-lâng
  - Tâi-lô: āu-lâng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: auxlaang
  - IPA (Xiamen): /au²²⁻²¹ laŋ²⁴/

Noun

後人

later generations; future generations; posterity
(literary) people in the rear

Synonyms

(later generations):

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下輩 / 下辈 (xiàbèi)
仔孫 / 仔孙 (zai² syun¹) (Cantonese)
兒孫 / 儿孙 (érsūn)
囝孫 / 囝孙 (Min)
子孫 / 子孙 (zǐsūn)
子胤 (zǐyìn) (literary)
孫子 / 孙子 (literary)
後代 / 后代 (hòudài)
後嗣 / 后嗣 (hòusì)
後生 / 后生 (hòushēng) (literary)
後裔 / 后裔 (hòuyì)
根 (gēn) (figurative)
緒餘 / 绪余 (xùyú) (literary)
苗 (miáo) (literary, or in compounds)
遺裔 / 遗裔 (yíyì) (literary)
餘緒 / 余绪 (yúxù) (literary)

Verb

後人

to lag behind others

Derived terms

不甘後人 / 不甘后人 (bùgānhòurén)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
後	人
こう Grade: 2	じん Grade: 1
on'yomi

Noun

後(こう)人(じん) • (kōjin)