後生遙遙

Chinese

		young person; young generation; descendants	far away; long way off; distant far away; long way off; distant; remote
trad. (後生遙遙)		後生	遙遙
simp. (后生遥遥)		后生	遥遥

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ saang¹ jiu⁴ jiu⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ saang¹ jiu⁴ jiu⁴
    • Yale: hauh sāang yìuh yìuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ saang¹ jiu⁴ jiu⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ sang¹ yiu⁴ yiu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² saːŋ⁵⁵ jiːu̯²¹ jiːu̯²¹/

Idiom

後生遙遙

1. (Cantonese) young, with a long life full of potential ahead
   • 2017, Cuson Lo, 怪叔叔耆遇記, Hong Kong: 非凡出版, →ISBN, page 51:

     後生遙遙講咩老… [Cantonese, trad.]
     后生遥遥讲咩老… [Cantonese, simp.]

     hau⁶ saang¹ jiu⁴ jiu⁴ gong² me¹ lou⁵... [Jyutping]

     You're young and still have a long life ahead of you. What old are you talking about...