後事

See also: 后事

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (後事)		後	事
simp. (后事)		后	事
anagram		事後／事后

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hòushì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ si⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): heu-sṳ
Min Nan (POJ): hiǒ-sīr / hō͘-sū / āu-sū

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: hòushì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄕˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howshyh
  - IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    後世／后世
    後事／后事
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau⁶ si⁶
  - Yale: hauh sih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ si⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ xi⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² siː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-sṳ
  - Hakka Romanization System: heu sii
  - Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ si⁴
  - IPA: /he̯u⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiǒ-sīr
  - Tâi-lô: hiǒ-sīr
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hio²² sɯ⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-sū
  - Tâi-lô: hōo-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoxsu
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ su³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ su²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ su³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-sū
  - Tâi-lô: āu-sū
  - Phofsit Daibuun: auxsu
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /aʊ²²⁻²¹ su²²/

Middle Chinese: /ɦəu^X|ɦəu^H d͡ʒɨ^H/▼

Rime
Character	後	後	事
Reading #	1/2	2/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	胡口切	胡遘切	鉏吏切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦəu^X/	/ɦəu^H/	/d͡ʒɨ^H/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦəu^X/	/ɦəu^H/	/ɖ͡ʐɨ^H/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣəu^X/	/ɣəu^H/	/d͡ʒie^H/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəw^X/	/ɦəw^H/	/ɖ͡ʐɨ^H/
Li Rong	/ɣu^X/	/ɣu^H/	/d͡ʒiə^H/
Wang Li	/ɣəu^X/	/ɣəu^H/	/d͡ʒĭə^H/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣə̯u^X/	/ɣə̯u^H/	/ɖ͡ʐʱi^H/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hòu	hòu	zhì

Old Chinese▼
(Baxter-Sagart): /*[ɢ]ˤ(r)oʔ [m-s-]rəʔ-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*ɢoːʔ|ɢoːs zrɯs/

Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	後	事
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hòu	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ huw^X ›	‹ dzri^H ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ˤ(r)oʔ/	/*[m-s-]rəʔ-s/
English	after	serve; service, affair
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	後	後	事
Reading #	1/2	2/2	2/2
No.	5178	5179	11486
Phonetic component	後	後	史
Rime group	侯	侯	之
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	厚	𠋫	事
Old Chinese	/*ɢoːʔ/	/*ɢoːs/	/*zrɯs/
Notes	甲文象足受系而遲後（文源）		史吏轉註字

Noun

後事

(literary) aftermath; future events
(archaic) successor
funeral arrangements

Japanese

Kanji in this term
後	事
こう Grade: 2	じ Grade: 3

Noun

後事 (hiragana こうじ, rōmaji kōji)

future affairs, unfinished business
彼 (かれ　)に後事 (　こうじ　)を託 (　たく)す。
Kare ni kōji o takusu.
Ask him to see to my affairs.

Usage note

Often used to refer to affairs or duties left unfinished after one's death.

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