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日後

简日后 · 繁日後

Mandarin · pinyin rì hòu

sometime
someday (in the future)

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日: rì · sun; day; daytime
後: hòu · behind, rear, after; descendents
后: hòu · queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after

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4–4 · ri4 hou4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

jat6 hau6

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

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adv

some day (in the future); in days to come

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