後來

See also: 后来

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	to come
trad. (後來)		後	來
simp. (后来)		后	来

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòulái

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄞˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ loi⁴
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): heu-lòi

  (Meixian, Guangdong): hêu⁴ loi²

• Jin (Wiktionary): hou³ lai¹ / hou³ lai²
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): āu-lâi / ǎu-lâi / āu--lâi / hō͘-lâi / hiō-lâi

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ao⁶ lai⁵

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶deu-le

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòulái
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄞˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòulái
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-lai²
    • Yale: hòu-lái
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howlai
    • Palladius: хоулай (xoulaj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹ laɪ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ loi⁴
    • Yale: hauh lòih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ loi⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ loi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² lɔːi̯²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-lòi
    • Hakka Romanization System: heu loiˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ loi²
    • Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ loi̯¹¹/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: hêu⁴ loi²
    • Sinological IPA: /heu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ loɪ¹¹/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: hou³ lai¹ / hou³ lai²
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xəu⁴⁵ lai¹¹/, /xəu⁴⁵ lai⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: āu-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: auxlaai
    • IPA (Xiamen): /au²²⁻²¹ lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /au²²⁻²¹ lai¹³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /au³³⁻²¹ lai²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /au³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ǎu-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: ǎu-lâi
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /au²² lai²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu--lâi
    • Tâi-lô: āu--lâi
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxlaai
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ lai²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiō-lâi
    • Tâi-lô: hiō-lâi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hioixlaai
    • IPA (Taipei): /hio³³⁻¹¹ lai²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɤ³³⁻²¹ lai²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ao⁶ lai⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ău lâi
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /au³⁵⁻¹¹ lai⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶deu-le
    • MiniDict: deu^去 le
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³deu-le
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /dɤ²² le⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: huwX|huwH loj

Rime
Character	後	後	來
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)	來 (37)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)	咍 (41)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	I
Fanqie	胡口切	胡遘切	洛哀切
Baxter	huwX	huwH	loj
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦəuX/	/ɦəuH/	/lʌi/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦəuX/	/ɦəuH/	/ləi/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣəuX/	/ɣəuH/	/lɒi/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəwX/	/ɦəwH/	/ləj/
Li Rong	/ɣuX/	/ɣuH/	/lᴀi/
Wang Li	/ɣəuX/	/ɣəuH/	/lɒi/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣə̯uX/	/ɣə̯uH/	/lɑ̆i/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hòu	hòu	lái
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau6	hau6	loi4

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ˤ(r)oʔ|[ɢ]ˤ(r)oʔ-s  mə.rˤək/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢoːʔ|ɢoːs  m·rɯːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	後	後	來
Reading #	1/2	2/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hòu	hòu	lái
Middle Chinese	‹ huwX ›	‹ huwH ›	‹ loj ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ˁ(r)oʔ/	/*[ɢ]ˁ(r)oʔ-s/	/*mə.rˁək/ (> *rˁə)
English	after	put after ?	come
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	後	後	來
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
No.	5178	5179	7598
Phonetic component	後	後	來
Rime group	侯	侯	之
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	厚	𠋫
Old Chinese	/*ɢoːʔ/	/*ɢoːs/	/*m·rɯːɡ/
Notes	甲文象足受系而遲後（文源）

Noun

後來

1. later; later on; afterwards

   呢棟樓係後來起嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
   呢栋楼系后来起嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]

   ni¹ dung³ lau^4-2 hai⁶ hau⁶ loi⁴ hei² ge³. [Jyutping]

   This building was built at a later point in time.

   • 後來的事我就不太清楚了。 [MSC, trad.]
     后来的事我就不太清楚了。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2007, Qian Nairong, 上海话大词典, page 15

     Hòulái de shì wǒ jiù bù tài qīngchǔ le. [Pinyin]

     I am not too clear about what happened afterwards.

2. (literary) people with less experience; younger generation

   • 宜置博士，為立學官，以助後來，以廣聖意。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     宜置博士，为立学官，以助后来，以广圣意。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Book of the Later Han, circa 5^th century CE

     Yí zhì bóshì, wèi lì xuéguān, yǐ zhù hòulái, yǐ guǎng shèngyì. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 聿垂令問，以示後來，眷言休嘉，良多詠歎。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     聿垂令问，以示后来，眷言休嘉，良多咏叹。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang dynasty, 唐文宗, 《賜李聽敕》

     Yù chuí lìngwèn, yǐ shì hòulái, juànyán xiūjiā, liáng duō yǒngtàn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 丞相太保崔公莊嚴宏厚，清雅公忠，善誘後來，有佐時許國之志。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     丞相太保崔公庄严宏厚，清雅公忠，善诱后来，有佐时许国之志。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Tang dynasty, 高彥休, 《唐闕史》

     Chéngxiàng tàibǎo Cuīgōng zhuāngyán hónghòu, qīngyǎ gōngzhōng, shànyòu hòulái, yǒu zuǒshí xǔguó zhī zhì. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Synonyms

• (later):

• 後嚟／后嚟 (Cantonese)
• 後尾／后尾 (Cantonese, Eastern Min)
• 接著／接着 (jiēzhe)
• 既而 (jì'ér) (literary)
• 紲落／绁落 (Hokkien)
• 繼而／继而 (jì'ér) (formal)
• 落尾手 (Hokkien)
• 跟住 (gan¹ zyu⁶) (Cantonese)
• 跟著／跟着 (gēnzhe)

 

Related terms

• 然後／然后 (ránhòu)
• 以後／以后 (yǐhòu)

Verb

後來

1. to arrive late

Derived terms

• 後來之秀／后来之秀
• 後來人／后来人 (hòuláirén)
• 後來居上／后来居上 (hòuláijūshàng)