後輩

See also: 后辈

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	contemporaries; generation; lifetime
trad. (後輩)		後	輩
simp. (后辈)		后	辈

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hòubèi

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄟˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ bui³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): heu-pi / heu-phi
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hō͘-pòe / hiō-pòe / āu-pòe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hòubèi
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄟˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hòubèi
  - Wade–Giles: hou⁴-pei⁴
  - Yale: hòu-bèi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howbey
  - Palladius: хоубэй (xoubɛj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    後備 / 后备
    後背 / 后背
    後輩 / 后辈
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau⁶ bui³
  - Yale: hauh bui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ bui³
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ bui³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² puːi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-pi
  - Hakka Romanization System: heu bi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ bi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ pi⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-phi
  - Hakka Romanization System: heu pi
  - Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ pi⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ pʰi⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-pòe
  - Tâi-lô: hōo-puè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoxpoex
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ pue²¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiō-pòe
  - Tâi-lô: hiō-puè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hioixpoex
  - IPA (Taipei): /hio³³⁻¹¹ pue¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɤ³³⁻²¹ pue²¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-pòe
  - Tâi-lô: āu-puè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: auxpoex
  - IPA (Taipei): /au³³⁻¹¹ pue¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /au³³⁻²¹ pue²¹/

Noun

後輩

younger generation; posterity; descendants
juniors; inferiors
(ACG) kohai

Synonyms

(younger generation):

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下一代 (xià yīdài)
下丁下輩 / 下丁下辈 (Puxian Min)
下丁輩 / 下丁辈 (Puxian Min)
下勻 / 下匀 (Hokkien)
下輩 / 下辈 (xiàbèi)
小輩子 / 小辈子 (xiao³ bei⁴ zi³) (Sichuanese)
序細 / 序细 (Hokkien)
後生 / 后生 (hòushēng)
晚輩 / 晚辈 (wǎnbèi)
細輩 / 细辈 (soi³ buê³) (Teochew)

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “younger generation”):

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上一代 (shàng yīdài)
上輩 / 上辈 (shàngbèi)
先輩 / 先辈 (xiānbèi)
前輩 / 前辈 (qiánbèi)
老人 (lǎorén)
老勻 / 老匀 (Xiamen Hokkien, Zhangzhou Hokkien)
老輩 / 老辈 (lǎobèi)
長輩 / 长辈 (zhǎngbèi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (後輩):

→ Japanese: 後輩(こうはい) (kōhai)
→ Korean: 후배(後輩) (hubae)
→ Vietnamese: hậu bối (後輩)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
後	輩
こう Grade: 2	はい Grade: S
kan'on

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 後輩 (MC huwX|huwH pwojH, literally “back, behind + people of a certain kind; class, cohort”). Doublet of フベ (fube).

First cited to a text from 827 CE.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こーはい [kòóháí] (Heiban – [0])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ːha̠i]

Noun

後(こう)輩(はい) • (kōhai) ^{←こうはい (koufai)^?}

[from 1913] a member of a younger class
[from circa 1220] someone born later, junior member of a group, kohai
[from 827] (rare, possibly obsolete) the people towards the rear of a group

Antonyms

先輩(せんぱい) (senpai)

Descendants

→ English: kohai, kōhai, kouhai

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
後	輩

Noun

後輩 • (hubae) (hangeul 후배)

hanja form^? of 후배 (“one's junior in school, junior colleague”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
後	輩

Noun

後輩

chữ Hán form of hậu bối (“junior”)

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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