後事

See also: 后事

Chinese

		back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later	matter; thing; item matter; thing; item; work; affair
trad. (後事)		後	事
simp. (后事)		后	事
anagram		事後／事后

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hòushì

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄡˋ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau⁶ si⁶
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): heu-sṳ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiǒ-sīr / hō͘-sū / āu-sū

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hòushì
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄡˋ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hòushìh
    • Wade–Giles: hou⁴-shih⁴
    • Yale: hòu-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: howshyh
    • Palladius: хоуши (xouši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 後世／后世 後事／后事

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau⁶ si⁶
    • Yale: hauh sih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau⁶ si⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo⁶ xi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯²² siː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: heu-sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: heu sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: heu⁴ si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /heu̯⁵⁵ sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiǒ-sīr
    • Tâi-lô: hiǒ-sīr
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hio²² sɯ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hō͘-sū
    • Tâi-lô: hōo-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoxsu
    • IPA (Taipei): /hɔ³³⁻¹¹ su³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /hɔ²²⁻²¹ su²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hɔ³³⁻²¹ su³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: āu-sū
    • Tâi-lô: āu-sū
    • Phofsit Daibuun: auxsu
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /au²²⁻²¹ su²²/

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• Middle Chinese: huwX|huwH dzriH

Rime
Character	後	後	事
Reading #	1/2	2/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	匣 (33)	匣 (33)	崇 (20)
Final (韻)	侯 (137)	侯 (137)	之 (19)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	I	III
Fanqie	胡口切	胡遘切	鉏吏切
Baxter	huwX	huwH	dzriH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɦəuX/	/ɦəuH/	/d͡ʒɨH/
Pan Wuyun	/ɦəuX/	/ɦəuH/	/ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Shao Rongfen	/ɣəuX/	/ɣəuH/	/d͡ʒieH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɦəwX/	/ɦəwH/	/ɖ͡ʐɨH/
Li Rong	/ɣuX/	/ɣuH/	/d͡ʒiəH/
Wang Li	/ɣəuX/	/ɣəuH/	/d͡ʒĭəH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɣə̯uX/	/ɣə̯uH/	/ɖ͡ʐʱiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hòu	hòu	zhì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hau6	hau6	zi6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*[ɢ]ˤ(r)oʔ  [m-s-]rəʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɢoːʔ|ɢoːs  zrɯs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	後	事
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	hòu	shì
Middle Chinese	‹ huwX ›	‹ dzriH ›
Old Chinese	/*[ɢ]ˁ(r)oʔ/	/*[m-s-]rəʔ-s/
English	after	serve; service, affair
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	事
Reading #	1/2	2/2	2/2
No.	5178	5179	11486
Phonetic component	後	後	史
Rime group	侯	侯	之
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	厚	𠋫	事
Old Chinese	/*ɢoːʔ/	/*ɢoːs/	/*zrɯs/
Notes	甲文象足受系而遲後（文源）		史吏轉註字

Noun

後事

1. (literary) aftermath; future events
2. (archaic) successor
3. funeral arrangements

Japanese

Kanji in this term
後	事
こう Grade: 2	じ Grade: 3

Noun

後(こう)事(じ) • (kōji) 

1. future affairs, unfinished business

   彼(かれ　)に後事(　こうじ　)を託(　たく)す。

   Kare ni kōji o takusu.

   Ask him to see to my affairs.

Usage notes

Often used to refer to affairs or duties left unfinished after one's death.