後生

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後生

1. young person; young generation

   後生可畏／后生可畏  ―  hòushēng kěwèi  ―  a young person's abilities are respectable

2. (literary) descendants
3. (literary) next life
4. (Hokkien, Longyan Min, Zhao'an Hakka) son
5. (Cantonese) attendant; footman (Classifier: 個／个 c)
   • 1952, 梁琛, directed by 梁琛, 十月芥菜 [A Ready Lover]‎, spoken by 阿冰 (紫羅蓮 [Law-lin Tsi]):

     我哋個後生辭咗工，噉就要請返人𠿪，噉我就介紹你去喇喎。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     我哋个后生辞咗工，噉就要请返人𠿪，噉我就介绍你去喇㖞。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     ngo⁵ dei⁶ go³ hau⁶ saang¹ ci⁴ zo² gung¹, gam² a⁶ jiu³ ceng² faan¹ jan⁴ gaa², gam² ngo⁵ a⁶ gaai³ siu⁶ nei⁵ heoi³ laa³ wo³.

     An attendant of ours has quit. We need to hire someone, so I will recommend you then.

   • 1969, 司徒安, directed by 陳焯生, 得咗 [O.K.]‎, spoken by 萬事通 (高魯泉 [Ko Lo Chuen]):

     有一個有錢佬病到重，而家想請個後生服侍佢，佢叫你點你就點㗎喇，吓？ [Cantonese, trad.]
     有一个有钱佬病到重，而家想请个后生服侍佢，佢叫你点你就点㗎喇，吓？ [Cantonese, simp.]

     jau⁵ jat¹ go³ jau⁵ cin^4-2 lou² beng⁶ dou³ zung⁶, ji⁴ gaa¹ soeng² ceng² go³ hau⁶ saang¹ fuk⁶ si⁶ keoi⁵, keoi⁵ giu³ nei⁵ dim² nei⁵ zau⁶ dim² gaa³ laa³, haa²?

     There is a wealthy man who is seriously ill. Now, he wants to hire an attendant to serve him. You'll do as he says, okay?

6. (Cantonese) shop assistant; apprentice

• (next life):

後生

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

• 李如龙 , 刘福铸 , 吴华英 , 黄国城 (2019) “2221 年轻（他比我~）”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 498.

• IPA^(key):

後(ご)生(しょう) • (goshō) ^{←ごしやう (gosyau)?}

1. (Buddhism) the afterlife

   後生(ごしょう)だから。

   Goshō da kara.

   For heaven’s sake

• IPA^(key):

後(のち)生(おい) • (nochioi) ^{←のちおひ (notiofi)?}

1. doing something later, producing something later; that which is done or made later
2. posterity, those who will live later, people in the future

   Synonym: 後世 (kōsei)

• IPA^(key):

後(こう)生(せい) • (kōsei) 

1. posterity, life in the future, those who will live later

   Synonym: 後世 (kōsei)

2. one's offspring, one's descendants, future generations
3. young people, youths
4. (Buddhism) the afterlife, the next life