後塵
Chinese
back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later |
dust; dirt; earth | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (後塵) | 後 | 塵 | |
| simp. (后尘) | 后 | 尘 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: hòuchén
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄔㄣˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: hòuchén
- Wade–Giles: hou4-chʻên2
- Yale: hòu-chén
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howchern
- Palladius: хоучэнь (xoučɛnʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂʰən³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: hau6 can4
- Yale: hauh chàhn
- Cantonese Pinyin: hau6 tsan4
- Guangdong Romanization: heo6 cen4
- Sinological IPA (key): /hɐu̯²² t͡sʰɐn²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiǒ-tîn
- Tâi-lô: hiǒ-tîn
- IPA (Quanzhou): /hio²² tin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-tîn
- Tâi-lô: hōo-tîn
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoxdiin
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ tin²³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ tin²⁴/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ tin¹³/
- IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ tin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-tîn
- Tâi-lô: āu-tîn
- Phofsit Daibuun: auxdiin
- IPA (Xiamen): /au²²⁻²¹ tin²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
Noun
後塵
- (formal) dust kicked up by somebody walking in front
- (figurative) someone's footsteps
- (figurative) course in life