後生

See also: 后生

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (後生)		後	生
simp. (后生)		后	生

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hòushēng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ saang¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): heu-sâng
Min Dong (BUC): hâu-săng / hâiu-sĕng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): hāu-siⁿ / hǎu-siⁿ / hāu-seⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): hao⁶ sên¹
Wu (Wiktionary): hheu san (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: hòushēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄕㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howsheng
  - IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    厚生
    後生／后生
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau⁶ saang¹
  - Yale: hauh sāang
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ saang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ sang¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² sɑːŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-sâng
  - Hakka Romanization System: heu sang´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ sang¹
  - IPA: /he̯u⁵⁵ saŋ²⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: hâu-săng / hâiu-sĕng
  - IPA ^(key): /hau²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)laŋ⁵⁵/, /hɛu²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)lɛiŋ⁵⁵/

Note:

hâu-săng - vernacular (“young man; young”);
hâiu-sĕng - literary.

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-siⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hāu-sinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hauxsvy
  - IPA (Taipei): /haʊ³³⁻¹¹ ɕĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /haʊ²²⁻²¹ ɕĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /haʊ²²⁻¹² ɕĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Lukang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hǎu-siⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hǎu-sinn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /haʊ²² ɕĩ³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Yilan, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hāu-seⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hāu-senn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hauxsvef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /haʊ³³⁻²¹ sẽ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /haʊ²²⁻²¹ sɛ̃⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: hao⁶ sên¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hău seⁿ
  - IPA ^(key): /hau³⁵⁻¹¹ sẽ³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: hheu san (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /ɦɜ²² sã⁴⁴/

Noun

後生

young person; young generation

後生可畏 / 后生可畏 ― hòushēng kěwèi ― a young person's abilities are respectable
descendants
next life
(chiefly Min Nan) son

Synonyms

(son):

Dialectal synonyms of 兒子 (“son”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		子
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		兒子
Mandarin	Beijing	兒子、小子
	Taiwan	兒子
	Tianjin	兒子、小子
	Harbin	兒子
	Shenyang	兒子
	Jinan	兒、兒子、小子
	Muping	兒郎、兒
	Luoyang	兒子
	Jiedian	娃、兒
	Xi'an	兒、兒子
	Xining	兒子
	Xuzhou	兒、兒子
	Yinchuan	兒子
	Lanzhou	兒子
	Ürümqi	兒子
	Wuhan	兒子、兒
	Chengdu	兒子、兒
	Guiyang	兒子、男娃娃、男娃兒
	Liuzhou	崽
	Kunming	兒子
	Yangzhou	兒子
	Nanjing	兒子
	Hefei	兒子
	Nantong	侯
	Malaysia	兒子
	Singapore	兒子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	仔
	Hong Kong	仔
	Dongguan	仔
	Taishan	仔
	Yangjiang	仔
Gan	Nanchang	崽
	Lichuan	崽、子
	Pingxiang	崽
Hakka	Meixian	倈仔
	Xingning	倈哩
	Huidong	倈仔
	Qujiang	倈子
	Xiaosanjiang	阿弟
	Changting	倈子
	Pingyu	倈子
	Wuping	子哩
	Ninghua	子
	Yudu	子
	Ruijin	倈子
	Shangyou	崽
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	倈仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	倈仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	倈仔
	Dongshi (Dabu)	倈
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	倈仔
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	後生
Huizhou	Jixi	兒子
Jin	Taiyuan	兒子、小子
Jin	Xinzhou	兒、小子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	囝
Min Dong	Fuzhou	囝、丈夫囝
Min Nan	Xiamen	囝、後生、後的
	Quanzhou	囝、後生
	Zhangzhou	囝、後生
	Taipei	囝、後生
	Kaohsiung	囝、後生
	Tainan	囝、後生
	Taichung	囝、後生、後的
	Hsinchu	囝、後生
	Lukang	囝、後生
	Sanxia	囝、後生
	Yilan	囝、後生
	Kinmen	囝、後生
	Magong	囝、後生
	Penang	囝、後生
	Chaozhou	囝、逗囝
	Haikou	囝
Pinghua	Nanning	崽
Wu	Shanghai	兒子
	Suzhou	兒子
	Hangzhou	兒子
	Wenzhou	兒
	Chongming	兒子
	Danyang	兒子
	Jinhua	兒
	Ningbo	兒子
Xiang	Changsha	崽伢子、崽、伢子
	Shuangfeng	崽、伢基
	Loudi	崽

Derived terms

小子後生／小子后生
小後生／小后生
後生可畏／后生可畏 (hòushēngkěwèi)
後生小子／后生小子

後生小輩／后生小辈
後生晚學／后生晚学
黃花後生／黄花后生

Adjective

後生

born later
(chiefly Cantonese, Hakka, Min, Wu) young

Derived terms

後生仔／后生仔
後生儂／后生侬

後生囝／后生囝
後生弟／后生弟

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