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後生

简后生 · 繁後生

Cantonese · source Jyutpinghau6 saang1

(noun) junior

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

hau66 · low levelsaang11 · high level

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Reading difference from Unihan

生 has the reading saang1 here; Unihan’s citation reading is sang1. Different syllable across these source readings. CC-Canto also lists 生 saang1 as its own entry.

Computed by zimai: each syllable of the CC-Canto word reading is compared with Unihan 17.0.0 kCantonese for its character. The comparison does not say why a reading differs (a changed tone, 變音, a reading tied to one meaning, or a source variant).

Same syllable, six tones

hau齁hau1口hau2mouth 吼hau3roar or howl of an animal 喉hau4throat 厚hau5thick 后hau6back

saangsaang1—省saang2to savesaang3—saang4—saang5—saang6—

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

後生后

Both source spellings are represented. Written membership is not an etymological or semantic claim.

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

後生 hòu shēng CC-CEDICT · Mandarinyoung generation; youth; young man

A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.

CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: hou4 sheng1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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