後任

See also: 后任

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	to assign; to appoint; office to assign; to appoint; office; responsibility
trad. (後任)		後	任
simp. (后任)		后	任

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hòurèn

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄖㄣˋ
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): āu-jīm

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hòurèn
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄖㄣˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hòurèn
  - Wade–Giles: hou⁴-jên⁴
  - Yale: hòu-rèn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howrenn
  - Palladius: хоужэнь (xoužɛnʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʐən⁵¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-jīm
  - Tâi-lô: āu-jīm
  - Phofsit Daibuun: auxjim
  - IPA (Xiamen): /au²²⁻²¹ d͡zim²²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /au⁴¹⁻²² d͡zim⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /au²²⁻²¹ d͡zim²²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /au³³⁻¹¹ d͡zim³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /au³³⁻²¹ zim³³/

Noun

後任

successor

Japanese

Kanji in this term
後	任
こう Grade: 2	にん Grade: 5
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーにん [kòóníń] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːɲ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

後(こう)任(にん) • (kōnin)

successor
彼(かれ)は後任(こうにん)として足立(あだち)さんを指名(しめい)した。
Kare wa kōnin to shite Adachi-san o shimei shita.
He appointed Ms. Adachi as his successor.

Antonyms

前任, 先任

References

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.