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後世

後世

See also: 后世

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
trad. (後世)		後	世
simp. (后世)		后	世

Noun

後世

(literary) a later generation; a later era

Japanese

Kanji in this term
後	世
こう Grade: 2	せい Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

後世 ‎(hiragana こうせい, romaji kōsei)

posterity, future generations

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): hòushì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄕˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ sai³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): heu-sṳ
Min Nan (POJ): āu-sè / āu-sì

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - 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 sai³
  - Yale: hauh sai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ sai³
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² sɐi̯³³/
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)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-sè / āu-sì
  - Tâi-lô: āu-sè / āu-sì
  - Phofsit Daibuun: auxsex, auxsix
  - IPA (Xiamen): /aʊ²²⁻²¹ se²¹/, /aʊ²²⁻²¹ ɕi²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /aʊ⁴¹⁻²² se⁴¹/, /aʊ⁴¹⁻²² ɕi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /aʊ²²⁻²¹ se²¹/, /aʊ²²⁻²¹ ɕi²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /aʊ³³⁻¹¹ se¹¹/, /aʊ³³⁻¹¹ ɕi¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /aʊ³³⁻²¹ se²¹/, /aʊ³³⁻²¹ ɕi²¹/