絕後

Chinese

		cut short; extinct; to disappear cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means	back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
trad. (絕後)		絕	後
simp. (绝后)		绝	后

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): juéhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyut⁶ hau⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhie̍t-heu
• Jin (Wiktionary): jyeh⁵ hou³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): choa̍t-āu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: juéhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄩㄝˊ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jyuéhòu
    • Wade–Giles: chüeh²-hou⁴
    • Yale: jywé-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyuehow
    • Palladius: цзюэхоу (czjuexou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy̯ɛ³⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zyut⁶ hau⁶
    • Yale: jyuht hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzyt⁹ hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: jud⁶ heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syːt̚² hɐu̯²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhie̍t-heu
    • Hakka Romanization System: qied heu
    • Hagfa Pinyim: qiad⁶ heu⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰi̯et̚⁵ heu̯⁵⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: jyeh⁵ hou³
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡ɕyəʔ⁵⁴⁻² xəu⁴⁵/

Note: to have no offspring.

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: choa̍t-āu
    • Tâi-lô: tsua̍t-āu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoad'au
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² au²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡suat̚²⁴⁻² au⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡suat̚¹²¹⁻²¹ au²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² au³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡suat̚⁴⁻³² au³³/

Verb

絕後

1. to be never repeated; to never happen again in the future
2. to have no offspring

Synonyms

• (to have no offspring): 斷後／断后 (duànhòu), 斷代／断代 (duàndài)

Derived terms

• 光前絕後 / 光前绝后
• 空前絕後 / 空前绝后 (kōngqiánjuéhòu)
• 絕後光前 / 绝后光前
• 絕後計 / 绝后计
• 超前絕後 / 超前绝后