See also: 后辈

Chinese edit

 
back; behind; rear
back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later
contemporaries; generation; lifetime
trad. (後輩)
simp. (后辈)

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

後輩

  1. younger generation; posterity; descendants
  2. juniors; inferiors
  3. (ACG) kohai

Synonyms edit

  • (younger generation):

Antonyms edit

  • (younger generation):

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (後輩):

See also edit

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
こう
Grade: 2
はい
Grade: S
kan’on
 
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Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 後輩 (MC huwX|huwH pwojH, literally “back, behind + people of a certain kind; class, cohort”).

First cited to a text from 827 CE.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(こう)(はい) (kōhaiこうはい (koufai)?

  1. [from 1913] a member of a younger class
  2. [from circa 1220] someone born later, junior member of a group, kohai
  3. [from 827] (rare, possibly obsolete) the people towards the rear of a group

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References edit

  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean edit

Hanja in this term

Noun edit

後輩 (hubae) (hangeul 후배)

  1. Hanja form? of 후배 (one's junior in school, junior colleague).

Vietnamese edit

chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun edit

後輩

  1. chữ Hán form of hậu bối (junior).