後輩

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
• Min Nan (POJ): hō͘-pòe / hiō-pòe / āu-pòe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: hòubèi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄅㄟˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howbey
    • IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ peɪ̯⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 後備／后备 後背／后背 後輩／后辈

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ bui³
    • Yale: hauh bui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ bui³
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ bui³
    • IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² puːy̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-pi
    • Hakka Romanization System: heu bi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ bi⁴
    • IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ pi⁵⁵/
  • (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-phi
    • Hakka Romanization System: heu pi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ pi⁴
    • IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ pʰi⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (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): /aʊ³³⁻¹¹ pue¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /aʊ³³⁻²¹ pue²¹/

Noun

後輩

1. younger generation; posterity; descendants
2. juniors; inferiors
3. (ACG) kohai

Synonyms

• (younger generation, juniors): (literary) 後進／后进 (hòujìn)

Antonyms

• (younger generation): 先輩／先辈 (xiānbèi)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (後輩):

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

See also

• 後代／后代 (hòudài)
• 晚輩／晚辈 (wǎnbèi)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
後	輩
こう Grade: 2	はい Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) こーはい [kòóháí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞ːha̠i]

Noun

後輩 (hiragana こうはい, rōmaji kōhai)

1. junior member of a group; kohai

Antonyms

• 先輩 (せんぱい) (senpai)

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
後	輩

Noun

後輩 • (hubae) (hangeul 후배)

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

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this word
後	輩

Noun

後輩

1. Hán tự form of hậu bối (“junior”).