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後生

简 后生 · 繁 後生
Mandarin · pinyin hòu shēng

Meanings

  1. young generation
  2. youth
  3. young man
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後
hòu · behind, rear, after; descendents
生
shēng · life, living, lifetime; birth
后
hòu · queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after
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4–1 · hou4 sheng1

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hau6 saang1

Cantonese word readings for 後生. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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hau6 saang1

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Wiktionary English definitions · Chinese section

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noun

  1. young person; young generation
  2. (literary) descendants
  3. (literary) next life
  4. (dialectal) young man
  5. (Hokkien, Longyan Min, Zhao'an Hakka) son
  6. (Cantonese) attendant; footman (Classifier: 個／个 c)
  7. (Cantonese) shop assistant; apprentice

adj

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

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