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後裔

後裔

See also: 后裔

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	descendents; frontier
trad. (後裔)		後	裔
simp. (后裔)		后	裔

Noun

後裔

descendant

Japanese

Kanji in this term
後	裔
こう Grade: 2	えい Hyōgaiji
on'yomi

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ko̞ːe̞ː]

Noun

後裔 ‎(hiragana こうえい, romaji kōei)

descendant

Synonyms

子孫

Antonyms

先祖

Korean

Hanja in this term
後	裔

Noun

後裔 • ‎(huye) ‎(hangeul 후예)

Hanja form^? of 후예, “descendant”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): hòuyì

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ jeoi⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): heu-yí
Min Nan (POJ): hō͘-ē / hiǒ-ē / hō͘-ī / hō͘-è

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: hòuyì
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄧˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howyih
  - IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
    
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    后羿
    後裔／后裔
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau⁶ jeoi⁶
  - Yale: hauh yeuih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ joey⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² jɵy̯²²/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-yí
  - Hakka Romanization System: heu i`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ yi³
  - IPA: /he̯u⁵⁵ i³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-yí
  - Hakka Romanization System: heu (r)i`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ yi³
  - IPA: /he̯u⁵⁵ (j)i³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-ē
  - Tâi-lô: hōo-ē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoxe
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ e²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiǒ-ē
  - Tâi-lô: hiǒ-ē
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɤ²² e⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-ī
  - Tâi-lô: hōo-ī
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoxi
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ i²²/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-è
  - Tâi-lô: hōo-è
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoxex
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ e¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ e²¹/