後生

See also: 后生

Chinese

back; behind; rear
back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
 
to be born; to give birth; life
to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
 
trad. (後生)
simp. (后生)

Pronunciation


Note:
  • hâu-săng - vernacular (“young man; young”);
  • hâiu-sĕng - literary.

Noun

後生

  1. young person; young generation
    後生可畏后生可畏  ―  hòushēng kěwèi  ―  a young person's abilities are respectable
  2. (literary) descendants
  3. (literary) next life
  4. (Hokkien, Longyan Min, Zhao'an Hakka) son
  5. (Cantonese) attendant; footman (Classifier: c)
  6. (Cantonese) shop assistant; apprentice

Synonyms

  • (next life):

Derived terms

  • 小子後生 / 小子后生
  • 小後生 / 小后生
  • 後生可畏 / 后生可畏 (hòushēngkěwèi)
  • 後生小子 / 后生小子
  • 後生小輩 / 后生小辈
  • 後生晚學 / 后生晚学
  • 黃花後生 / 黄花后生

Adjective

後生

  1. having a youthful appearance
  2. born later
  3. (chiefly Cantonese, Gan, Hakka, Min, Wu) young

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long], 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu], 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying], 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019) “2221 年轻(他比我~)”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 498.

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
しょう
Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞ɕo̞ː]

Noun

()(しょう) • (goshōごしやう (gosyau)?

  1. (Buddhism) the afterlife
    後生(ごしょう)だから。
    Goshō da kara.
    For heaven’s sake

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
のち
Grade: 2
お(い)
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [no̞t͡ɕio̞i]

Noun

(のち)(おい) • (nochioiのちおひ (notiofi)?

  1. doing something later, producing something later; that which is done or made later
  2. posterity, those who will live later, people in the future
    Synonym: 後世 (kōsei)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2
せい
Grade: 1
kan'on

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːse̞ː]

Noun

(こう)(せい) • (kōsei

  1. posterity, life in the future, those who will live later
    Synonym: 後世 (kōsei)
  2. one's offspring, one's descendants, future generations
  3. young people, youths
  4. (Buddhism) the afterlife, the next life