後塵
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Chinese
[edit]back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later |
dust; dirt; earth | ||
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trad. (後塵) | 後 | 塵 | |
simp. (后尘) | 后 | 尘 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄔㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hòuchén
- Wade–Giles: hou4-chʻên2
- Yale: hòu-chén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howchern
- Palladius: хоучэнь (xoučɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hau6 can4
- Yale: hauh chàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: hau6 tsan4
- Guangdong Romanization: heo6 cen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐu̯²² t͡sʰɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
Noun
[edit]後塵
- (formal) dust kicked up by somebody walking in front
- (figurative) someone's footsteps
- (figurative) course in life