後學

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	learn; study; science learn; study; science; ‑ology
trad. (後學)		後	學
simp. (后学)		后	学

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hòuxué

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ hok⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiǒ-ha̍k / hō͘-ha̍k

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hòuxué
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hòusyué
  - Wade–Giles: hou⁴-hsüeh²
  - Yale: hòu-sywé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howshyue
  - Palladius: хоусюэ (xousjue)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau⁶ hok⁶
  - Yale: hauh hohk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ hok⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ hog⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² hɔːk̚²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiǒ-ha̍k
  - Tâi-lô: hiǒ-ha̍k
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hio²² hak̚²⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-ha̍k
  - Tâi-lô: hōo-ha̍k
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoxhak
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ hak̚¹²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ hak̚⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ hak̚⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ hak̚⁴/

Noun

後學

(literary) young or junior scholar or student (often used as a modest term referring to oneself when addressing an elder in imperial China)