身後

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Chinese

		body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
trad. (身後)		身	後
simp. (身后)		身	后

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēnhòu

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣㄏㄡˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ hau⁶
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-hiǒ / sin-hiō / sin-hō͘ / sin-ǎu

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēnhòu
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣㄏㄡˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shenhòu
  - Wade–Giles: shên¹-hou⁴
  - Yale: shēn-hòu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shenhow
  - Palladius: шэньхоу (šɛnʹxou)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ xoʊ̯⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    深厚
    身後 / 身后
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: san¹ hau⁶
  - Yale: sān hauh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: san¹ hau⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sen¹ heo⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ hɐu̯²²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-hiǒ
  - Tâi-lô: sin-hiǒ
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ hio²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-hiō
  - Tâi-lô: sin-hiō
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sinhioi
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ hiɤ³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /sin⁴⁴⁻³³ hio³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-hō͘
  - Tâi-lô: sin-hōo
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sinho
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /sin⁴⁴⁻²² hɔ²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-ǎu
  - Tâi-lô: sin-ǎu
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /sin³³ au²²/

Noun

身後

place behind one's body
social background; social standing
time after one's death; posthumous time
- 昔日戲言身後意，今朝都到眼前來。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  昔日戏言身后意，今朝都到眼前来。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: c. 811 or 822 CE, Yuan Zhen (元稹),《遣悲懷三首（其二）》, translated by Xu Yuanchong
  Xīrì xìyán shēnhòu yì, jīnzhāo dōu dào yǎnqián lái.
  One day we said for fun, “What if one of us dies?”
  But now it has all come to pass before my eyes.
- 了卻君王天下事，贏得生前身後名，可憐白髮生。 [Ci, trad.]
  了却君王天下事，赢得生前身后名，可怜白发生。 [Ci, simp.]
  From: c. late 12th century, Xin Qiji (辛棄疾),《破陣子·為陳同甫賦壯詞以寄之》, translated by Xu Yuanchong
  Liǎoquè jūnwáng tiānxià shì, yíngdé shēngqián shēnhòu míng, kělián báifà shēng.
  Recovering the lost land for the sovereign,
  It is everlasting fame that we would win.
  But alas! White hair grows!

Japanese

Kanji in this term
身	後
しん Grade: 3	ご Grade: 2
on'yomi	tōon

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しんご (Atamadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

身(しん)後(ご) • (shingo)

time after one's death

Synonyms

死(し)後(ご) (shigo)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
身	後

Noun

身後 • (sinhu) (hangeul 신후)

hanja form^? of 신후

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