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Chinese
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back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
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man; person; people
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trad. (後人)
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後
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人
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simp. (后人)
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后
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人
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Pronunciation
Noun
後人
- later generations; future generations; posterity
- (literary) people in the rear
Synonyms
- 下輩/下辈 (xiàbèi)
- 仔孫/仔孙 (zai2 syun1) (Cantonese)
- 兒孫/儿孙 (érsūn)
- 囝孫/囝孙 (Min)
- 子孫/子孙 (zǐsūn)
- 子胤 (zǐyìn) (literary)
- 孫子/孙子 (literary)
- 後代/后代 (hòudài)
- 後嗣/后嗣 (hòusì)
- 後生/后生 (hòushēng) (literary)
- 後裔/后裔 (hòuyì)
- 根 (gēn) (figurative)
- 緒餘/绪余 (xùyú) (literary)
- 苗 (miáo) (literary, or in compounds)
- 遺裔/遗裔 (yíyì) (literary)
- 餘緒/余绪 (yúxù) (literary)
Verb
後人
- to lag behind others
Derived terms
Japanese
Noun
後人 • (kōjin)
- posterity
- future generations