後天

See also: 后天

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	day; sky; heaven
trad. (後天)		後	天
simp. (后天)		后	天

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hòutiān

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ tin¹
Min Nan (POJ): hiǒ-thian / hō͘-thian

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hòutiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howtian
  - IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau⁶ tin¹
  - Yale: hauh tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ tin¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² tʰiːn⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiǒ-thian
  - Tâi-lô: hiǒ-thian
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hio²² tʰiɛn³³/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-thian
  - Tâi-lô: hōo-thian
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoxtiefn
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ tʰiɛn⁴⁴/

Noun

後天

day after tomorrow
nurture (as opposed to nature)

先天與後天 / 先天与后天 ― xiāntiān yǔ hòutiān ― nature and nurture

Synonyms

(day after tomorrow): 後日／后日 (hòurì)

Antonyms

(day after tomorrow): 前天 (qiántiān, “day before yesterday”)
(nurture): 先天 (xiāntiān)

Derived terms

大後天／大后天 (dàhòutiān)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
後	天
こう Grade: 2	てん Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

On’yomi
- (Tokyo) こーてん [kòótéń] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
- IPA^(key): [ko̞ːtẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

後天 (hiragana こうてん, rōmaji kōten)

something that is acquired during one's life

Antonyms

先 (せん)天 (てん) (senten)

References

↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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