身後

Chinese

		body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
trad. (身後)		身	後
simp. (身后)		身	后

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shēnhòu

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄣ ㄏㄡˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ hau⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-hiǒ / sin-hiō / sin-hō͘ / sin-ǎu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shēnhòu
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄏㄡˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shenhòu
    • Wade–Giles: shên¹-hou⁴
    • Yale: shēn-hòu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenhow
    • Palladius: шэньхоу (šɛnʹxou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: san¹ hau⁶
    • Yale: sān hauh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ hau⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ heo⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ hɐu̯²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-hiǒ
    • Tâi-lô: sin-hiǒ
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ hio²²/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-hiō
    • Tâi-lô: sin-hiō
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinhioi
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɤ³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ hio³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-hō͘
    • Tâi-lô: sin-hōo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinho
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-ǎu
    • Tâi-lô: sin-ǎu
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ au²²/

Noun

身後

1. place behind one's body
2. social background; social standing
3. time after one's death; posthumous time

   • 昔日戲言身後意，今朝都到眼前來。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     昔日戏言身后意，今朝都到眼前来。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 811 or 822 CE, Yuan Zhen (元稹),《遣悲懷三首（其二）》, translated by Xu Yuanchong

     Xīrì xìyán shēnhòu yì, jīnzhāo dōu dào yǎnqián lái. [Pinyin]

     One day we said for fun, “What if one of us dies?”
     But now it has all come to pass before my eyes.

   • 了卻君王天下事，贏得生前身後名，可憐白髮生。 [Ci, trad.]
     了却君王天下事，赢得生前身后名，可怜白发生。 [Ci, simp.]

     From: c. late 12th century, Xin Qiji (辛棄疾),《破陣子·為陳同甫賦壯詞以寄之》, translated by Xu Yuanchong

     Liǎoquè jūnwáng tiānxià shì, yíngdé shēngqián shēnhòu míng, kělián báifà shēng. [Pinyin]

     Recovering the lost land for the sovereign,
     It is everlasting fame that we would win.
     But alas! White hair grows!

Japanese

Kanji in this term
身	後
しん Grade: 3	ご Grade: 2
on'yomi	tōon

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しんご [shíꜜǹgò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩŋɡo̞]

Noun

身(しん)後(ご) • (shingo) 

1. time after one's death

Synonyms

• 死(し)後(ご) (shigo)

Korean

Hanja in this term
身	後

Noun

身後 • (sinhu) (hangeul 신후)

1. hanja form^? of 신후